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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qep1S-V2zm8C&pg=PA122&dq=Biderra&as_brr=3&ei=XLlOSIiwH4m2iwHf5MyABA&sig=RO38YGiJBpedZNQRVfq5lVRHHSc#PPA120,M1 Google Books - Battle of Biderra] | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qep1S-V2zm8C&pg=PA122&dq=Biderra&as_brr=3&ei=XLlOSIiwH4m2iwHf5MyABA&sig=RO38YGiJBpedZNQRVfq5lVRHHSc#PPA120,M1 Google Books - Battle of Biderra] | ||
Revision as of 17:43, 10 June 2008
| Battle of Biddera | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of 3rd Carnatic War | ||
| Date: | 25 November 1759 | |
| Location: | Chinsura, West Bengal | |
| Presidency: | Bengal | |
| Co-ordinates: | 22.889970°N 88.391429°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Dutch | |
| Commanders | ||
| Lt Col Francis Forde | Col Roussel | |
| Strength | ||
| 700 Europeans 800 Malays | ||
| Casualties | ||
| 120 Europeans killed 150 wounded 200 killed 150 wounded | ||
