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|partof= [[:Category:3rd Carnatic War|3rd Carnatic War]]<br>[[Seven Years War]]
|partof= [[:Category:3rd Carnatic War|3rd Carnatic War]]<br>[[Seven Years War]]
|date=1758
|date=12-25 May 1757
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiruchirapalli Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu]
|location=[[Trichinopoly]], Tamil Nadu  
|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]   
|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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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant2=French
|combatant2=French
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101004334/ Captain John Caillaud]
|commander1=[[Joseph Smith|Captain Joseph Smith]]<br>[[John Caillaud|Captain John Caillaud]]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Arthur,_comte_de_Lally Comte de Lally]
|commander2=M. d'Auteuil
|strength1=
|strength1=Garrison:160 Europeans, 700 sepoys & 1,000 native auxiliaries<br>Relief force: 120 Europeans & 1,200 sepoys
|strength2=  
|strength2= 1,100 Europeans, 3,000 sepoys & 10 guns
|casualties1=   
|casualties1=   
|casualties2=  
|casualties2=  
}}
}}
[[Image:Trichinopoly_1753.jpg|320px|thumb|315px|Trichinopoly 1753]]
'''This was an event during the  [[3rd Carnatic War]]'''<br>
== Summary ==
The French sent a force against Trichinopoly while Captain Caillaud was on an expedition to Madurai. Captain Smith managed to hold off attacks until Caillaud returned. The French retreated to Pondicherry.
== Biographies ==
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/65/mode/1up John Caillaud (1724-1812)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/65/mode/1up John Caillaud (1724-1812)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/242/mode/1up Comte de Lally (1700-66)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/394/mode/1up/search/Smith Joseph Smith (173?-1790)]<br>


== External Link ==
== External Link ==
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars 3rd Carnatic War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars 3rd Carnatic War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_sevenyears.html Seven Years War] History of War Website<br>
[http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_sevenyears.html Seven Years War] History of War Website<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bVoPAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA104&dq=Clive+Trichinopoly+1751&as_brr=1&ei=tzePSJaEDIL2iQGqxs2vDQ#PPA105,M1 Action around Trichinopoly] Google Books
[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1757_-_Operations_in_Carnatic#French_failure_in_front_of_Trichinopoly French failure at Trichinopoly] www.kronoskaf.com
[[Image:Trichinopoli&Ceylon.jpg|thumb|Trichinopoly & Ceylon]]
 
== Historical books on-line ==
''History of the French in India: from the founding of Pondichery in 1674 to the capture of that place in 1761'' by Major G B Malleson 1868 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vAxX68LiNMkC&pg=PA444&dq=History+of+the+French+in+India+It+turned+out+as+de+Leyrit+had+imagined.&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Action around Trichinopoly]<br>


[[Category:Battles|Trichinopoly 1758, Battle of]]
[[Category:Battles|Trichinopoly 1758, Battle of]]
[[Category:3rd Carnatic War|Trichinopoly 1758, Battle of]]
[[Category:3rd Carnatic War|Trichinopoly 1758, Battle of]]

Latest revision as of 12:48, 23 March 2011

Action at Trichinopoly 1757
Part of 3rd Carnatic War
Seven Years War
Date: 12-25 May 1757
Location: Trichinopoly, Tamil Nadu
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 10.833284°N 78.697513°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company French
Commanders
Captain Joseph Smith
Captain John Caillaud
M. d'Auteuil
Strength
Garrison:160 Europeans, 700 sepoys & 1,000 native auxiliaries
Relief force: 120 Europeans & 1,200 sepoys
1,100 Europeans, 3,000 sepoys & 10 guns
Casualties
Trichinopoly 1753

This was an event during the 3rd Carnatic War

Summary

The French sent a force against Trichinopoly while Captain Caillaud was on an expedition to Madurai. Captain Smith managed to hold off attacks until Caillaud returned. The French retreated to Pondicherry.

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
John Caillaud (1724-1812)
Joseph Smith (173?-1790)

External Link

Carnatic Wars Heritage History
3rd Carnatic War Wikipedia
Seven Years War History of War Website
French failure at Trichinopoly www.kronoskaf.com

Historical books on-line

History of the French in India: from the founding of Pondichery in 1674 to the capture of that place in 1761 by Major G B Malleson 1868 Action around Trichinopoly