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|partof=[[:Category:3rd Mysore War|3rd Mysore War]]
|partof=[[:Category:French Revolutionary Wars|French Revolutionary Wars]]
|date=11 July-23 August 1793
|date=11 July-23 August 1793
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pondicherry_(city) Pondicherry,Puducherry Union Territory]
|location=[[Pondicherry]], Puducherry Union Territory
|presidency=[[Madras]]  
|presidency=[[Madras]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.845116,79.875241&z=9&t=h&hl=en 11.845116°N 79.875241°E]   
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.845116,79.875241&z=9&t=h&hl=en 11.845116°N 79.875241°E]   
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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant2=French
|combatant2=French
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis Lord Cornwallis]<br>Colonel J Floyd
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis Lord Cornwallis]<br>Colonel J Floyd<br>Colonel Brathwaite
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== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/94/mode/2up Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/50/mode/2up Colonel John Brathwaite (17??-17??)]<br>


== External Link ==
== External Link ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bHAxvrn-dRwC&pg=PA224&dq=Siege+of+Pondicherry+1793&as_brr=3&ei=j7DGSM2OJI3SiwG0_M3sDQ#PPA224,M1 Google Books - Siege of Pondicherry]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=f7M1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA29&dq=Siege+of+Pondicherry+1793&as_brr=3&ei=mLTGSK5wlciKAa34jf8B#PPA30,M1 Google Books -  Siege of Pondicherry]
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bHAxvrn-dRwC&pg=PA224&dq=Siege+of+Pondicherry+1793&as_brr=3&ei=j7DGSM2OJI3SiwG0_M3sDQ#PPA224,M1 Siege of Pondicherry] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=f7M1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA29&dq=Siege+of+Pondicherry+1793&as_brr=3&ei=mLTGSK5wlciKAa34jf8B#PPA30,M1 Siege of Pondicherry] Google Books
 
[[Category:Battles|Pondicherry, Battle of 1793]]
[[Category:Battles|Pondicherry, Battle of 1793]]
[[Category:French Revolutionary Wars|Pondicherry, Battle of 1793]]
[[Category:French Revolutionary Wars|Pondicherry, Battle of 1793]]

Revision as of 11:47, 20 May 2010

Battle of Pondicherry 1793
Part of French Revolutionary Wars
Date: 11 July-23 August 1793
Location: Pondicherry, Puducherry Union Territory
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 11.845116°N 79.875241°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company French
Commanders
Lord Cornwallis
Colonel J Floyd
Colonel Brathwaite
Strength
Casualties

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805)
Colonel John Brathwaite (17??-17??)

External Link

Siege of Pondicherry Google Books
Siege of Pondicherry Google Books