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|partof=[ | |partof= [[:Category:3rd Carnatic War|3rd Carnatic War]]<br>[[Seven Years War]] | ||
|date=6 March-7 April 1759 | |date=6 March-7 April 1759 | ||
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machilipatnam Machilipatnam, Andra Pradesh] | |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machilipatnam Machilipatnam, Andra Pradesh] | ||
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|combatant2=French | |combatant2=French | ||
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101009870/ Lt Col Francis Forde] | |commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101009870/ Lt Col Francis Forde] | ||
|commander2=General Conflans | |commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comte_de_Conflans General Conflans] | ||
|strength1= 400 Europeans<br>1400 sepoys | |strength1= 400 Europeans<br>1400 sepoys | ||
|strength2= 500 Europeans<br>2,000 sepoys | |strength2= 500 Europeans<br>2,000 sepoys | ||
|casualties1=22 killed<br> | |casualties1=Europeans: 22 killed and 62 wounded<br>Sepoys: 50 killed and 150 wounded | ||
|casualties2= | |casualties2= Europeans: 113 killed | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''This was an event during the [[3rd Carnatic War]]'''<br> | |||
== Summary == | |||
After the [[Battle of Condore]] Colonel Forde was unable to pursue his campaign due to lack of money promised by Rajah Anunderaj. A new treaty was negotiated and on 28 January 1759 Forde was able to resume his march to Masulipatam. A detachment under Captain Knox captured French guns and stores at Narsurpore. On 3 March Concal was captured and Forde sighted Masulipatam on 6 March. Siege batteries were constructed but the French under Du Rocher occupied Rajamundry and the Rajah deserted the British. Conflans in Masulipatam appealed to the Nizam of Hyderabad who sent a force of 35,000 to help the French. Forde managed to storm the fortress in time to discourage the Nizam who entered into a treaty with the British. | |||
== Field Army == | |||
*312 men [[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|Bengal European Regiment]] | |||
*30 artillerymen | |||
*30 sailors from [http://www.eicships.info/ships/shipdetail.asp?sid=578 HEIC Ship Hardwicke] | |||
*1,400 sepoys | |||
== Biographies == | |||
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br> | |||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/150/mode/1up Francis Forde (1718-1770)]<br> | |||
== Spelling Variants == | |||
Modern name: Machilipatnam<br> | |||
Variants: Machhilipatnam/Masulipatnam/Masulipatam/Masulipatanam<br> | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http:// | [http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?R_menu=OFF&Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Carnatic Wars] Heritage History<br> | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars 3rd Carnatic War] Wikipedia<br> | |||
[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1759_-_British_expedition_against_Masulipatam British expedition against Masulipatam 1759] www.kronoskaf.com<br> | |||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA605&dq=Masulipatam=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA605,M1 Masulipatam] Gazetteer 1857 | |||
== Historical Books on-line == | |||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023646528#page/n107/mode/2up ''The Decisive Battles of India: from 1746 to 1849 inclusiv''e - Machhlipatanam] www.archive.org<br> | |||
[[Category:Battles|Masulipatnam, Battle of]] | |||
[[Category:3rd Carnatic War|Masulipatnam, Battle of]] | |||