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[[Category:Battles|Porto Novo, Battle of]] | [[Category:Battles|Porto Novo, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:2nd Mysore War|Porto Novo, Battle of]] | |||
{{Battles_Infobox | {{Battles_Infobox | ||
|partof=[ | |partof=[[2nd Mysore War]] | ||
|date=1 July 1781 | |date=1 July 1781 | ||
|location=[ | |location=[[Porto Novo|Parangipettai]], Tamil Nadu] | ||
|presidency=[[Madras]] | |presidency=[[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]] | ||
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.497241,79.755784&z=11&t=h&hl=en 11.497241°N 79.755784°E] | |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.497241,79.755784&z=11&t=h&hl=en 11.497241°N 79.755784°E] | ||
|result=British victory | |result=British victory | ||
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|combatant1=[[East India Company]] | |combatant1=[[East India Company]] | ||
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore Kingdom of Mysore] | |combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore Kingdom of Mysore] | ||
|commander1=[ | |commander1=[[Eyre Coote|Lt Gen Sir Eyre Coote]] | ||
|commander2=[ | |commander2=[[Hyder Ali]] | ||
|strength1= | |strength1=8,476 | ||
|strength2= | |strength2= 40,000 | ||
|casualties1= | |casualties1= | ||
|casualties2= | |casualties2= | ||
}} | }} | ||
== Biographies == | |||
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br> | |||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/92/mode/1up Eyre Coote (1726-83)]<br> | |||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/213/mode/1up Hyder Ali (1717-1782)]<br> | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http:// | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War 2nd Mysore War] Wikipedia<br> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Anglo-Mysore Wars] Wikipedia<br> | |||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OHcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA393&dq=Porto%20Novo+1781+Coote&as_brr=3&ei=tJzGSKbsK6WijgH9zO3sDQ#PPA394,M1 Battle of Porto Novo] Google Books<br> | |||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DcULAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA288&dq=Porto+Novo+1781+Coote&as_brr=3&ei=4o3HSJ71CIGCywSIv_z6Ag Coote at Porto Novo] Google Books<br> | |||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023646528#page/n285/mode/2up Battle of Porto Novo] www.archive.org | |||
==== Historical Books on-line ==== | |||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023646528#page/n243/mode/2up ''The Decisive Battles of India : from 1746 to 1849 inclusive'' - Porto Novo] by Col G B Malleson 1914 (archive.org)<br> | |||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/historymadrasar00wilsgoog#page/n32/mode/1up ''History of the Madras Army Vol II'' - Battle at Porto Novo] by Lt-Col W J Wilson 1882 (archive.org) | |||
[[Category:Battles|Porto Novo, Battle of]] | |||
[[Category:2nd Mysore War|Porto Novo, Battle of]] | |||