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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Pr4aeiuz4IMC&pg=PA72&dq=Coimbatore&ei=r9AzSIK1A6e-ygSF-YnMDw Google Books - Siege of Coimbatore]
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Heritage History - Mysre Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Pr4aeiuz4IMC&pg=PA72&dq=Coimbatore&ei=r9AzSIK1A6e-ygSF-YnMDw Google Books - Siege of Coimbatore]

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Siege of Coimbatore
Part of 3rd Mysore War
Date: 13 June- 3 November 1791
Location: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 10.991160°N 76.993902°E
Result: British defeat
Combatants
East India Company Kingdom of Mysore
Commanders
Lt Chalmers Kummer-oo-Deen
Strength
120 Topasses
200 Travancoreans
2000 infantry
"A considerable body" of cavalry
8 guns
Casualties

External Links

Heritage History - Mysre Wars
Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars
Google Books - Siege of Coimbatore