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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War Wikipedia - 2nd Mysore War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OHcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA395&dq=Solingur+1781+Coote&as_brr=3&ei=tJzGSKbsK6WijgH9zO3sDQ#PPA395,M1 Google Books - Battle of Solingur] | [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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War Wikipedia - 2nd Mysore War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OHcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA395&dq=Solingur+1781+Coote&as_brr=3&ei=tJzGSKbsK6WijgH9zO3sDQ#PPA395,M1 Google Books - Battle of Solingur] | ||
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| + | ==== Historical books on-line ==== | ||
| + | [http://www.archive.org/stream/historymadrasar00wilsgoog#page/n52/mode/1up ''History of the Madras Army Vol II'' - Coote's despatch] by Lt-Col W J Wilson 1882 (archive.org) | ||
Revision as of 10:37, 9 September 2010
| Battle of Sholingur | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of 2nd Mysore War | ||
| Date: | 27 September 1781 | |
| Location: | Sholinghur, Tamil Nadu | |
| Presidency: | Madras | |
| Co-ordinates: | 13.12°N 79.42°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Mysore | |
| Commanders | ||
| Lt Gen Sir Eyre Coote | Hyder Ali | |
| Strength | ||
| 10,000 | 80,000 | |
| Casualties | ||
| 100 killed and wounded | 5,000 | |
External Links
Heritage History - Mysore Wars
Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars
Wikipedia - 2nd Mysore War
Google Books - Battle of Solingur
Historical books on-line
History of the Madras Army Vol II - Coote's despatch by Lt-Col W J Wilson 1882 (archive.org)
