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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore Kingdom of Mysore]
|commander1=[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/22/mode/1up Col William Baillie]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyder_Ali Hyder Ali]
|strength1= 2about 3,800
|strength2= 10,000
|casualties1= 36 European officers killed, 50 taken prisoner<br>All sepoys killed wounded or dispersed
|casualties2=
}}
[[Image:Polilurmap.jpg|thumb|Polilur location<br>Survey map 1920-1946]]
'''This was an event during the [[2nd Mysore War]]'''<br>
'''Also described as the Battle of Perembacum'''<br>
== Company Forces ==
'''Col Baillie's Detachment'''
*Madras European Infantry (113 men)
*1st Carnatic Battalion
*11th Carnatic Battalion
*Six coys 7th Carnatic Battalion
*2nd Circar Battalion
Company of Guides
Artillery (81 men)
*Total about 2,700 fighting men<br>
'''Lt-Col Fletcher's Detachment'''
*Grenadier Company HM 73rd Regiment
*Light Company HM 73rd Regiment
*Two Grenadier Companies
*14th Battalion of Madras Native Infantry
*15th Battalion of Madras Native Infantry
*16th Battalion of Madras Native Infantry
*17th Battalion of Madras Native Infantry
*21st Battalion of Madras Native Infantry
*Two companies of marksmen
*Total1,007 fighting men
== External Links ==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Mysore Wars] Heritage History - Described as Battle of Perembacum<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War 2nd Mysore War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ikMIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA183&dq=Pollilore&as_brr=3&ei=EYvGSMvvE56ujgHdo-ztDQ#PPA183,M1 Battle of Pollilore] Google Books<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pollilur Battle of Pollilur] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.tigerandthistle.net/tipu38.htm Battle of Pollilore and aftermath] The Tiger & The Thistle<br>
[http://www.tigerandthistle.net/india513.htm Field of Polilur] Google Books
====Historical Books Online====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historymadrasar00wilsgoog#page/n16/mode/1up ''History of the Madras Army Vol II'' - Battle at Perambakum] by Lt-Col W J Wilson 1882 (archive.org)
[[Category:Battles|Polilur, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd Mysore War|Polilur, Battle of]]
