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|commander1=[[Robert Clive|Col Robert Clive]]<br>Major Kilpatrick<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101006243/ Capt Eyre Coote]
|commander1=[[Robert Clive|Col Robert Clive]]<br>Major Kilpatrick<br>[[Eyre Coote|Capt Eyre Coote]]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_Ud_Daulah Suraj ud Daulah]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_Ud_Daulah Suraj ud Daulah]
|strength1= 150 Europeans<br>200 sepoys
|strength1= 150 Europeans<br>200 sepoys

Revision as of 19:25, 20 March 2011

Battle of Hughli
Part of 3rd Carnatic War
Seven Years War
Date: 11 January 1757
Location: Hugli Chinsura, West Bengal
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 22.889970°N 88.391429°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Mughal forces
Commanders
Col Robert Clive
Major Kilpatrick
Capt Eyre Coote
Suraj ud Daulah
Strength
150 Europeans
200 sepoys
Casualties

This was an event during the 3rd Carnatic War

Summary

Following the Recapture of Calcutta Clive sent an expedition against Hughli consisting of a 20 gun frigate under Captain King and three smaller vessels with Capt Eyre Coote leading 150 men of the 39th Regiment of Foot and 200 sepoys. A naval bombardment effected a breach in the walls and the fort was successfully stormed.

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Robert Clive (1725-74)
Eyre Coote (1726-83)
John Kilpatrick (?-1787)
Suraj-ud Daulah (1731-57)

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Hugli Chinsurah
Variants: Hughli/Hooghly

External Links

Carnatic Wars Heritage History
3rd Carnatic War Wikipedia
Capture of Hooghly Google Books