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|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War 2nd Mysore War]
|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War 2nd Mysore War]
|date=23 September-14 Nov
|date=31 October 1780
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcot Arcot, Tamil Nadu]  
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcot Arcot, Tamil Nadu]  
|presidency=[[Madras]]  
|presidency=[[Madras]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=12.90686,79.328415&z=13&t=h&hl=en 12.906860°N 79.328415°E]   
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=12.90686,79.328415&z=13&t=h&hl=en 12.906860°N 79.328415°E]   
|result=British victory
|result=British defeat
|territory=
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant2=French
|combatant2=Mysore
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Clive Captain Robert Clive]
|commander1=
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanda_Sahib#The_Second_Carnatic_War_.281749-1754.29 Chanda Sahib]  
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyder_Ali Hyder Ali]  
|strength1=500 troops
|strength1=  
|strength2=  
|strength2=  
|casualties1=   
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zgE-AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Clive&as_brr=1&ei=UaSYR7nmE6jsiQHbv7TZCA Google Books - Life of Robert Lord Clive]<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4GUBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA247&dq=Colonel+Baillie&lr=&ei=N9uYR_qiDoKkiQGW6JzZCA#PPA247,M1 Google Books - Capture of Arcot]
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA35&dq=%22Siege+of+Arcot%22+Gleig&lr=&as_brr=1&ei=YqaYR8XyBYbWiwGWx6XZCA#PPA35,M1 Google Books - Siege of Arcot]

Revision as of 18:58, 24 January 2008

Surrender of Arcot 1780
Part of 2nd Mysore War
Date: 31 October 1780
Location: Arcot, Tamil Nadu
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 12.906860°N 79.328415°E
Result: British defeat
Combatants
East India Company Mysore
Commanders
Hyder Ali
Strength
Casualties

External Links

Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars
Google Books - Capture of Arcot