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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War#India_and_the_Netherlands American War of  Independence]
|date=10 August-19 October 1778
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pondicherry_(city) Pondicherry,Puducherry Union Territory]
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.845116,79.875241&z=9&t=h&hl=en 11.845116°N 79.875241°E] 
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=French
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101019546/ Gen Sir Hector Munro]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101028238/ Commodore Sir Edward Vernon]
|commander2=M. Bellecombe<br>M.Trongolly
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1= 
|casualties2=
}}
== External Link ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XtINAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA161&dq=Pondicherry+1778+Munro&as_brr=3&ei=tKzGSOzwIqG2jgG7grGnBw#PPA161,M1 Google Books - Battle for Pondicherry]

Revision as of 17:12, 9 September 2008

Battle of Pondicherry 1778
Part of American War of Independence
Date: 10 August-19 October 1778
Location: Pondicherry,Puducherry Union Territory
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 11.845116°N 79.875241°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company French
Commanders
Gen Sir Hector Munro
Commodore Sir Edward Vernon
M. Bellecombe
M.Trongolly
Strength
Casualties



External Link

Google Books - Battle for Pondicherry