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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
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[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?R_menu=OFF&Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Carnatic Wars]<br>
 
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=if4XAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA299&dq=Pondicherry+1748&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=mKHGSIChDYuCjwG6goTrDQ#PPA298,M1 Google Books - Siege of Pondicherry]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101016187/ Dictionary of National Biography - Stringer Lawrence]
 
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=if4XAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA299&dq=Pondicherry+1748&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=mKHGSIChDYuCjwG6goTrDQ#PPA298,M1 Google Books - Siege of Pondicherry]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101016187/ Dictionary of National Biography - Stringer Lawrence]

Revision as of 15:26, 20 September 2008

Siege of Pondicherry 1748
Part of 1st Carnatic War
Date: August 1748
Location: Pondicherry,Puducherry Union Territory
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 11.845116°N 79.875241°E
Result: British retreat
Combatants
East India Company French
Commanders
Rear Adm Edward Boscawen
Col Stringer Lawrence
Gov Gen Joseph Dupleix
Strength
Casualties

External Links

Carnatic Wars
Google Books - Siege of Pondicherry
Dictionary of National Biography - Stringer Lawrence