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'''This was an event during the [[2nd Carnatic War]]'''<br>
'''This was an event during the [[2nd Carnatic War]]'''<br>
== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
Stringer Lawrence with Robert Clive set out from Fort St David for Trichinopoly on 28 March.  
Stringer Lawrence with Robert Clive set out from Fort St David for Trichinopoly on 28 March. He managed to evade the French forces under Jacques Law and entered Trichi on 8 April. Law retreated onto the island of Srirangam with Chanda Sahib where they was surrounded by hostile forces. A relief force from Pondicherry under M. d'Auteuil was turned back by Captain Dalton at Ootatoor about 21 April.





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Surrender at Srirangam
Part of 2nd Carnatic War
Date: 13 June 1752
Location: Srirangam, Tamil Nadu
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 10.862553°N 78.691392°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company French
Commanders
Col Stringer Lawrence Chanda Sahib
Jacques Law
Strength
400 Europeans
1,100 sepoys
8 field pieces
800 Europeans
2,000 sepoys
3,000 native levies
Casualties

This was an event during the 2nd Carnatic War

Synopsis

Stringer Lawrence with Robert Clive set out from Fort St David for Trichinopoly on 28 March. He managed to evade the French forces under Jacques Law and entered Trichi on 8 April. Law retreated onto the island of Srirangam with Chanda Sahib where they was surrounded by hostile forces. A relief force from Pondicherry under M. d'Auteuil was turned back by Captain Dalton at Ootatoor about 21 April.



External Links

Lawrence moves on Trichinopoly Google Books
Dictionary of National Biography - Stringer Lawrence
Google Books - Action at Srirangam