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[[Category:Battles|Fort St George, Loss of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars Ist Carnatic War]
|date=6-19 September 1746
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_St_George Fort St George],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai Chennai], Tamil Nadu
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=13.079849,80.28872&z=15&t=h&hl=en 13.079849°N 80.28872°E]
|result=British defeat
|territory=
|combatant1=British
|combatant2=French
|commander1=Lieut Peter Eckman
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_François_Dupleix Joseph Francois Dupleix]
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gFwFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA325&dq=Madras&as_brr=1&ei=_mVrSK2aOYecjgH43f2EBg#PPA325,M1 Google Books - Account of the loss of Fort St George]
