Recapture of Calcutta 1757

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Recapture of Calcutta 1757
Part of 3rd Carnatic War
Seven Years War
Date: 2 January 1757
Location: Calcutta
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 22.550293°N 88.339805°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
British East India Company Mughal Empire
Commanders
Col Robert Clive Suraj-ud-Daulah
Strength
Casualties

This was an event during the 3rd Carnatic War

Summary

On learning of the Loss of Calcutta an expedition was mounted under Robert Clive with a naval squadron under Admiral Charles Watson. The force left Madras on 15 October 1756. They reached Balasore on 5 December and Fulta on 20 December. There they met up with the refugees from Calcutta and the advanced force under Major Kilpatrick which had left Madras earlier. The combined force sailed up the Hooghly and reached Mayapore on 28 December where the army was disembarked. The ships continued upriver and the soldier struggled through swamps towards the fort at Budge Budge. After a night attack on Clive's camp was repulsed and the naval guns had silenced the Indian artillery, the fort was taken. The Indian general Manakchand retreated towards Calcutta. On 31 December the force took the fort at Tanna. At 5 am on 2 January Clive landed at Alighur and marched towards Calcutta while Watson's squadron bombarded Fort William. The Nawab's troops retreated and the British force took possession.

Clive's army

Watson's squadron

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography
Robert Clive (1725-1774)
Eyre Coote (1726-1783)
John Kilpatrick (17??-1787)
Suraj-ud Daulah (1731-1757)
Charles Watson (1714-1757)

External Links

Carnatic Wars Heritage History
3rd Carnatic War Wikipedia
British expedition against Calcutta www.kronoskaf.com
Recapture of Calcutta Google Books
West Bengal Wikipedia