Action at Trichinopoly 1757

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Action at Trichinopoly 1757
Part of 3rd Carnatic War
Seven Years War
Date: 12-25 May 1757
Location: Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 10.833284°N 78.697513°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company French
Commanders
Captain Joseph Smith
Captain John Caillaud
M. d'Auteuil
Strength
Garrison:160 Europeans, 700 sepoys & 1,000 native auxiliaries
Relief force: 120 Europeans & 1,200 sepoys
1,100 Europeans, 3,000 sepoys & 10 guns
Casualties
Trichinopoly 1753

This was an event during the 3rd Carnatic War

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
John Caillaud (1724-1812)
Joseph Smith (1733?-1790)

External Link

Carnatic Wars Heritage History
3rd Carnatic War Wikipedia
Seven Years War History of War Website

Historical books on-line

History of the French in India: from the founding of Pondichery in 1674 to the capture of that palce in 1761 by Major G B Malleson 1868 Action around Trichinopoly