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moved Loss of Cuddalore 1781 to Loss of Cuddalore over redirect: Date not needed
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[2nd Mysore War]]<br>and <br>[[East Indies Campaign]]
|date=8 4 April 17811782
|location= [[Cuddalore]], Tamil Nadu
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|combatant1=British
|combatant2=French
|commander1=Capt James Hughes
|commander2=
|strength1= 700
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
'''This was an event during the [[2nd Mysore War]] and the [[East Indies Campaign]]'''<br> == Garrison ==*Six coys [[72nd Punjab Regiment|12th Carnatic Battalion]] (562 men)*100 Topasses*25 Europeans
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Anglo-Mysore Wars] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War 2nd Mysore War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-FgoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA16&dq=Cuddalore&as_brr=3&cd=9#v=onepage&q&f=false Surrender Capture of Cuddalore] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gzWOnpDYrkgC&pg=PA474&dq=A+History+of+the+British+Army+-+Volume+III+The+garrison,+Which+consisted+of+about+six+hundred+troops&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Surrender of Cuddalore] Google Books
