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[[Category:Battles|Porto Novo, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd Mysore War|Porto Novo, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War [2nd Mysore War]]
|date=1 July 1781
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parangipettai [Porto Novo|Parangipettai]],Tamil Nadu] |presidency=[[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.497241,79.755784&z=11&t=h&hl=en 11.497241°N 79.755784°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore Kingdom of Mysore]|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyre_Coote [Eyre Coote|Lt Gen Sir Eyre Coote]]|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyder_Ali [Hyder Ali]] |strength1=8,476|strength2= 40,000
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/92/mode/1up Eyre Coote (1726-83)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/213/mode/1up Hyder Ali (1717-1782)]<br>
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War 2nd Mysore War] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars]Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OHcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA393&dq=Porto%20Novo+1781+Coote&as_brr=3&ei=tJzGSKbsK6WijgH9zO3sDQ#PPA394,M1 Google Books - Battle of Porto Novo]Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DcULAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA288&dq=Porto+Novo+1781+Coote&as_brr=3&ei=4o3HSJ71CIGCywSIv_z6Ag Coote at Porto Novo] Google Books <br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023646528#page/n285/mode/2up Battle of Porto Novo] www.archive.org ==== Historical Books on- Coote line ====[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023646528#page/n243/mode/2up ''The Decisive Battles of India : from 1746 to 1849 inclusive'' - Porto Novo] by Col G B Malleson 1914 (archive.org)<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/historymadrasar00wilsgoog#page/n32/mode/1up ''History of the Madras Army Vol II'' - Battle at Porto Novo] by Lt-Col W J Wilson 1882 (archive.org) [[Category:Battles|Porto Novo, Battle of]][[Category:2nd Mysore War|Porto Novo, Battle of]]
