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|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War [2nd Mysore War]]
|date=10 September 1780
|location=Polilur, Near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polur PolurKanchipuram Kanchipuram],Tamil Nadu]
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=12.510186832836,79.126414479844&z=1315&t=h&hl=en 12.510186°N 832836°N 79.126414°E479844°E]
|result=British defeat
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore Kingdom of Mysore]|commander1=Col William Baillie|commander2=[http://enwww.wikipediaarchive.org/wikistream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/22/mode/Hyder_Ali 1up Col William Baillie]|commander2=[[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>
==Spelling variants==
Pollilore, Pollilur
== Company Forces ==
'''Col Baillie's Detachment'''
*Madras European Infantry (113 men)
*[[61st Madras Pioneers|1st Carnatic Battalion]]
*[[71st Coorg Rifles|11th Carnatic Battalion]]
*Six coys [[67th Punjab Regiment|7th Carnatic Battalion]]
*[[12th Battalion of Coast Sepoys|2nd Circar Battalion]]
Company of Guides
Artillery (81 men)
*Total about 2,700 fighting men<br>
'''Lt-Col Fletcher's Detachment'''
*Grenadier Company [[73rd Regiment of Foot|HM 73rd Regiment]]
*Light Company [[73rd Regiment of Foot|HM 73rd Regiment]]
*Two Grenadier Companies
*[[74th Punjab Regiment|14th Battalion of Madras Native Infantry]]
*[[75th Carnatic Infantry|15th Battalion of Madras Native Infantry]]
*[[76th Punjab Regiment|16th Battalion of Madras Native Infantry]]
*[[77th Moplah Rifles|17th Battalion of Madras Native Infantry]]
*[[81st Madras Pioneers|21st Battalion of Madras Native Infantry]]
*Two companies of marksmen
*Total 1,007 fighting men
==FIBIS resources==
*"The Melvill Family – Three Generations of Commitment to India (Part 1)" by David Williams – pages 3-17 ''FIBIS Journal Number 32 (Autumn 2014)'' contains a section on Philip Melville, an officer in the [[73rd Regiment of Foot]], who was captured following the battle near Pollilur, with quotes from his papers. See [[FIBIS Journals]] for information about accessing this article.
== External Links ==
[http://wwwen.heritage-historywikipedia.comorg/wwwwiki/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Heritage History Anglo-Mysore_Wars Anglo- Mysore Wars Wars]Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Wikipedia - AngloSecond_Anglo-Mysore_War 2nd Mysore Wars WarsWar]Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ikMIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA187PA183&dq=Pollilore+1780&as_brr=3&ei=EYvGSMvvE56ujgHdo-ztDQ #PPA183,M1 Battle of Pollilore] Google Books - <br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pollilur Battle of PollilorePollilur]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 Pollilore and aftermath]][[Category:2nd Mysore War|Polilur, Battle of]]
