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| − | |partof=[[:Category: | + | |partof=[[:Category:French Revolutionary Wars|French Revolutionary Wars]] |
|date=11 July-23 August 1793 | |date=11 July-23 August 1793 | ||
| − | |location=[ | + | |location=[[Pondicherry]], Puducherry Union Territory |
|presidency=[[Madras]] | |presidency=[[Madras]] | ||
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.845116,79.875241&z=9&t=h&hl=en 11.845116°N 79.875241°E] | |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.845116,79.875241&z=9&t=h&hl=en 11.845116°N 79.875241°E] | ||
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|combatant1=[[East India Company]] | |combatant1=[[East India Company]] | ||
|combatant2=French | |combatant2=French | ||
| − | |commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis Lord Cornwallis]<br>Colonel J Floyd | + | |commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis Lord Cornwallis]<br>Colonel J Floyd<br>Colonel Brathwaite |
|commander2= | |commander2= | ||
|strength1= | |strength1= | ||
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|casualties2= | |casualties2= | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | == Biographies == | ||
| + | Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br> | ||
| + | [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/94/mode/2up Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805)]<br> | ||
| + | [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/50/mode/2up Colonel John Brathwaite (17??-17??)]<br> | ||
== External Link == | == External Link == | ||
| − | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bHAxvrn-dRwC&pg=PA224&dq=Siege+of+Pondicherry+1793&as_brr=3&ei=j7DGSM2OJI3SiwG0_M3sDQ#PPA224,M1 | + | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bHAxvrn-dRwC&pg=PA224&dq=Siege+of+Pondicherry+1793&as_brr=3&ei=j7DGSM2OJI3SiwG0_M3sDQ#PPA224,M1 Siege of Pondicherry] Google Books<br> |
| + | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=f7M1AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA29&dq=Siege+of+Pondicherry+1793&as_brr=3&ei=mLTGSK5wlciKAa34jf8B#PPA30,M1 Siege of Pondicherry] Google Books | ||
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[[Category:Battles|Pondicherry, Battle of 1793]] | [[Category:Battles|Pondicherry, Battle of 1793]] | ||
[[Category:French Revolutionary Wars|Pondicherry, Battle of 1793]] | [[Category:French Revolutionary Wars|Pondicherry, Battle of 1793]] | ||
Revision as of 11:47, 20 May 2010
| Battle of Pondicherry 1793 | ||
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| Part of French Revolutionary Wars | ||
| Date: | 11 July-23 August 1793 | |
| Location: | Pondicherry, Puducherry Union Territory | |
| Presidency: | Madras | |
| Co-ordinates: | 11.845116°N 79.875241°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | French | |
| Commanders | ||
| Lord Cornwallis Colonel J Floyd Colonel Brathwaite |
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| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805)
Colonel John Brathwaite (17??-17??)
External Link
Siege of Pondicherry Google Books
Siege of Pondicherry Google Books
