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|partof=Seven Years War
 
|partof=Seven Years War
|date=December 1758  
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|date= 7 December 1758  
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiruchirapalli Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu]  
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|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajahmundry Rajahmundry, Andra Pradesh]  
 
|presidency=[[Madras]]  
 
|presidency=[[Madras]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=10.833284,78.697513&z=13&t=h&hl=en 10.833284°N 78.697513°E]   
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|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=16.993585,81.775994&z=9&t=h&hl=en 16.993585°N 81.775994°E]   
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|result=British victory
 
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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
 
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
 
|combatant2=French
 
|combatant2=French
 
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101009870/ Col Francis Forde]
 
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101009870/ Col Francis Forde]
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|commander2=Marquis de Conflans
 
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== External Link ==
 
== External Link ==
[http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_sevenyears.html History of War Website]
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[http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_sevenyears.html History of War Website]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Wbprr_dWn20C&pg=PA176&dq=Rajahmundry&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=-UvOSNj-IpbMzQT6yrHQAw&sig=ACfU3U3Yh7S_kFT1UuPU4QR-iGA4L7Mojw Google Books - Battle at Rajahmundry]

Revision as of 12:12, 15 September 2008

Battle of Condore
Part of Seven Years War
Date: 7 December 1758
Location: Rajahmundry, Andra Pradesh
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 16.993585°N 81.775994°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company French
Commanders
Col Francis Forde Marquis de Conflans
Strength
Casualties

External Link

History of War Website
Google Books - Battle at Rajahmundry