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Battle of Kaveripak
Part of 2nd Carnatic War
Date: 23 February 1752
Location: Kaveripakkam, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 12.90545°N 79.461947°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company French
Commanders
Captain Robert Clive
Strength
380 Europeans
1,300 Sepoys
6 guns
2,500 cavalry
400 Europeans
2,000 Sepoys
9 guns and 3 morttars
Casualties
40 Europeans killed
30 Sepoys killed
50 Europeans killed
300 Sepoys killed

External Links

Carnatic Wars www.heritage-history.com
Life of Robert Lord Clive Google Books

Historical Books on-line

The Decisive Battles of India: from 1746 to 1849 inclusive - Kaveripak www.archive.org