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[http:///www/heritage.php?R_menu=OFF&Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Carnatic Wars] www.heritage-history.com<br>
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|partof=[[:Category:2nd Carnatic War|2nd Carnatic War]]
|date=23 September-14 November 1751
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcot [Arcot]], Tamil Nadu] |presidency=[[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=12.90686,79.328415&z=13&t=h&hl=en 12.906860°N 79.328415°E]
|result=British victory
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=French
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Clive [Robert Clive|Captain Robert Clive]]|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanda_Sahib#The_Second_Carnatic_War_.281749-1754.29 [Chanda Sahib]]
|strength1=200 Europeans<br>300 Sepoys
|strength2= 150 French<br>10,000 Native troops
|casualties2=
}}
'''This was an event during the [[2nd Carnatic War]]'''<br>== Synopsis ==Clive with a force of 200 Europeans, 300 Sepoys and 3 guns took Arcot and its fort on 11 Sept 1 September 1751. He was then besieged in the citadel by Chanda Sahib.
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zgE-AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Clive&as_brr=1&ei=UaSYR7nmE6jsiQHbv7TZCA Life of Robert Lord Clive] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IsVGAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA35&dq=%22Siege+of+Arcot%22+Gleig&lr=&as_brr=1&ei=YqaYR8XyBYbWiwGWx6XZCA#PPA35,M1 Siege of Arcot] Google Books<br>
[http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=langjohn&book=clive&story=arcot Siege of Arcot] The Baldwin Project website
==== Historical books on-line ====
''The Life of Robert, Lord Clive Vol I'' by [[John Malcolm|Maj-Gen Sir John Malcolm]] 1836 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lBAIAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA74&dq=The+life+of+Robert,+first+lord+Clive&as_brr=1&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Occupation and Siege of Arcot] Google Books
[[Category:Battles|Arcot, Siege of]]
[[Category:2nd Carnatic War|Arcot, Siege of]]
