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Revision as of 16:00, 20 September 2008

Siege of Arcot 1751
Part of 2nd Carnatic War
Date: 23 September-14 November 1751
Location: Arcot, Tamil Nadu
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 12.906860°N 79.328415°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company French
Commanders
Captain Robert Clive Chanda Sahib
Strength
200 Europeans
300 Sepoys
150 French
10,000 Native troops
Casualties
45 Europeans killed
30 Sepoys killed

External Links

Carnatic Wars
Google Books - Life of Robert Lord Clive
Google Books - Siege of Arcot
The Baldwin Project website