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[[Category:Battles|Calcutta 1757, Battle of]]
[[Category:3rd Carnatic War|Calcutta 1757, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof= [[:Category:3rd Carnatic War|3rd Carnatic War]]<br>[[Seven Years War]]
|date= 2 January 1757
|location=[[Calcutta]]
|presidency=[[Bengal]] 
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=22.550293,88.339805&z=14&t=h&hl=en 22.550293°N 88.339805°E]   
|result= British victory
|territory=
|combatant1= British East India Company
|combatant2=Mughal Empire
|commander1= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Clive,_1st_Baron_Clive Col Robert Clive]
|commander2=  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_Ud_Daulah Siraj-ud-Daula]
|strength1= 
|strength2= 
|casualties1=  
|casualties2= 
}}
'''This was an event during the  [[3rd Carnatic War]]'''<br>

== Summary ==
On learning of the [[Loss of Calcutta 1756|Loss of Calcutta]] an expedition was mounted under Robert Clive with a naval squadron under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Watson_(Royal_Navy_officer) Admiral Charles Watson]. The force left [[Madras (City)|Madras]] on 15 October 1756. They reached [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balasore Balasore] on 5 December and  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falta,_South_24_Parganas 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 38 December where the army was disembarked. The ships continued upriver and the soldier struggled through swamps towards the fort at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budge_Budge 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 ==
*[[39th Regiment of Foot]] 250 men under Capt Grant
*[[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|Madras European Regiment]] 570 men under Capts Gaupp, Pye & Fraser
*80 European artillerymen
*1,500 sepoys
*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|Bengal European Battalion]] under Maj Kilpatrick

== Watson's squadron ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Cumberland_(1710) HMS Cumberland] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Cumberland_%2866%29 also]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tiger_(1747) HMS Tiger] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Tiger_%2860%29 also]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Salisbury_(1746) HMS Salisbury] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Salisbury_%2850%29 also]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bridgewater HMS Bridgewater] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Bridgewater_%2824%29  also]

== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/85/mode/1up Robert Clive (1725-1774)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/92/mode/1up Eyre Coote (1726-1783)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/236/mode/1up John Kilpatrick (17??-1787)]<br> 
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/410/mode/1up Suraj-ud Daulah (1731-1757)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/442/mode/1up Charles Watson (1714-1757)]<br>

== External Links ==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?R_menu=OFF&Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Carnatic Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars 3rd Carnatic War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1756_-_British_expedition_against_Calcutta British expedition against Calcutta] www.kronoskaf.com<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zgE-AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Clive&as_brr=1&ei=zkTeR7y9LpGgygT9pMzVAQ#PPA53,M1 Recapture of Calcutta] Google Books<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KolkataKolkata, West Bengal] Wikipedia