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'''This was an event during the [[2nd Carnatic War]]'''<br>
'''This was an event during the [[2nd Carnatic War]]'''<br>
== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
Following the death of 9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tukkoji Tukkoji], Rajah of [[Tanjore]] there was a struggle for the succession. The British hoped to extend their influence on the Coromandel Coast and agreed to help Shahuji, one of the claimants,  recover the throne of Tanjore. Towards the end of March 1749 they sent Captain Cope with 430 Europeans and some artillery overland and battering cannon by sea. This expedition was forced to retire and on 27 May Major Lawrence Stringer, with Capt. Scrimsour and Capt Dalton left Fort St David by sea on the ships Exeter and Harwich. They captured the fort of Devikottai but then concluded a treaty with Pratap Singh the incumbent Rajah. Under this they kept the fort and pensioned off Shahji.
Following the death of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tukkoji Tukkoji], Rajah of [[Tanjore]] there was a struggle for the succession. The British hoped to extend their influence on the Coromandel Coast and agreed to help Shahuji, one of the claimants,  recover the throne of Tanjore. Towards the end of March 1749 they sent Captain Cope with 430 Europeans and some artillery overland and battering cannon by sea to capture the fort of Devikottai. This expedition was forced to retire and on 27 May Major Lawrence Stringer, with Capt. Scrimsour and Capt Dalton left Fort St David by sea on the ships [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Exeter_(1697) Exeter] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Harwich_(1743) Harwich]. Siege batteries were set up and Devikottai was captured on 23 June. The Company however concluded a treaty with Pratap Singh the incumbent Rajah. Under this they kept the fort and pensioned off Shahuji.


== External Links ==
== External Links ==

Revision as of 13:53, 23 April 2012

Siege of Devikottai
Part of 2nd Carnatic War
Date: 23 June 1749
Location: Devikottai, Tamil Nadu
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: approx 11.359445°N 79.828558°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Tanjore
Commanders
Col Stringer Lawrence Pratap Singh Rajah of Tanjore
Strength
800 Europeans
1,500 sepoys
Casualties

This was an event during the 2nd Carnatic War

Synopsis

Following the death of Tukkoji, Rajah of Tanjore there was a struggle for the succession. The British hoped to extend their influence on the Coromandel Coast and agreed to help Shahuji, one of the claimants, recover the throne of Tanjore. Towards the end of March 1749 they sent Captain Cope with 430 Europeans and some artillery overland and battering cannon by sea to capture the fort of Devikottai. This expedition was forced to retire and on 27 May Major Lawrence Stringer, with Capt. Scrimsour and Capt Dalton left Fort St David by sea on the ships Exeter and Harwich. Siege batteries were set up and Devikottai was captured on 23 June. The Company however concluded a treaty with Pratap Singh the incumbent Rajah. Under this they kept the fort and pensioned off Shahuji.

External Links

Carnatic Wars www.heritage-history.com
Attack on Devicottah Google Books
Capture of Devikottai Google Books
Stringer Lawrence Dictionary of National Biography

Historical books on-line

History of the French in India by Major G B Malleson 1868 Expedition to Devicotta Google Books