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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=OHcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA393&dq=Porto%20Novo+1781+Coote&as_brr=3&ei=tJzGSKbsK6WijgH9zO3sDQ#PPA394,M1 Google Books - Battle of Porto Novo]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DcULAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA288&dq=Porto+Novo+1781+Coote&as_brr=3&ei=4o3HSJ71CIGCywSIv_z6Ag Google Books - Coote at Porto Novo] | [http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Heritage History - Mysore Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OHcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA393&dq=Porto%20Novo+1781+Coote&as_brr=3&ei=tJzGSKbsK6WijgH9zO3sDQ#PPA394,M1 Google Books - Battle of Porto Novo]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DcULAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA288&dq=Porto+Novo+1781+Coote&as_brr=3&ei=4o3HSJ71CIGCywSIv_z6Ag Google Books - Coote at Porto Novo] | ||
Revision as of 16:54, 21 September 2008
| Battle of Porto Novo | ||
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| Part of 2nd Mysore War | ||
| Date: | 1 July 1781 | |
| Location: | Parangipettai,Tamil Nadu | |
| Presidency: | Madras | |
| Co-ordinates: | 11.497241°N 79.755784°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Kingdom of Mysore | |
| Commanders | ||
| Lt Gen Sir Eyre Coote | Hyder Ali | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
External Links
Heritage History - Mysore Wars
Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars
Google Books - Battle of Porto Novo
Google Books - Coote at Porto Novo