Loss of Cuddalore: Difference between revisions

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Loss of Cuddalore
Part of 2nd Mysore War and East Indies Campaign
Date:	4 April 1782
Location:	Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu
Presidency:	Madras
Co-ordinates:	11.745571°N 79.825421°E
Result:	Lost to French
Combatants
British	French
Commanders
Capt James Hughes
Strength
700
Casualties

This was an event during the 2nd Mysore War and the East Indies Campaign

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+{{Battles_Infobox
+|partof=[[2nd Mysore War]]<br>and <br>[[East Indies Campaign]]
+|date=4 April 1782
+|location= [[Cuddalore]], Tamil Nadu
+|presidency=[[Madras]]
+|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.761859,79.783826&z=13&t=h&hl=en 11.745571°N 79.825421°E]
+|result=Lost to French
+|territory=
+|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 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
 [[Category:Battles|Cuddalore, Loss of]]
+[[Category:East Indies Campaign|Cuddalore, Loss of]]
+[[Category:2nd Mysore War|Cuddalore, Loss of]]