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Battle between == External Links ==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars 1st Carnatic War 1744-48] Wikipedia<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Carnatic Wars] Heritage History<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vAxX68LiNMkC&pg=PA191&dq=History+of+the+French and British forces over +in+India+On+the fort at Madras+morning+of+November+4, &cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Battle of St Thomé] Google Books<br>==== Historical Books on-line ====''The Decisive Battles of India: from 1746 to 1849 inclusive'' by Colonel G B Malleson 1914 [[Fort http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023646528#page/n33/mode/1up St George]Thomé]www.archive.org<br>
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gFwFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA325&dq=Madras&as_brr=1&ei=_mVrSK2aOYecjgH43f2EBg#PPA325,M1 Account of the loss of Fort St George] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MoUfAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA14&dq=Historical+Record+of+the+honourable+East+India+Company's+first+Madras+European+Regiment%2BCaffres%2BCoromandel&cd=1#v=twopage&q=&f=false Fort St George surrendered] Google Books
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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Carnatic War|1st Carnatic War]]
|date=6-10 September 4 November 1746|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_St_George Fort St George]Thomé,[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai Chennai], Tamil Nadu <br> on north bank of Adyar River<br> 4 miles west of Madras
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=13.07984907216,80.2887222921&z=15&t=h&hl=en approx 13.079849°N 07216°N 80.28872°E22921°E] |result=British surrenderFrench victory
|territory=
|combatant1=Nawab of the Carnatic
|combatant2=[[French]] |commander1=Maphuz Khanson of the Nawab
|commander2=M. Paradis
|strength1=10,000 horse and foot
|casualties2=
}}
'''This was an event during the [[1st Carnatic War]]'''<br>
== Synopsis ==
After the French captured [[Fort St George]] from the British the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawab_of_the_Carnatic Nawab of the Carnatic] expected the town to be handed over to him as overlord. When his forces approached the walls however the garrison's gunnery compelled them to retire. [[Joseph-Francois Dupleix|Dupleix]] sent a relief force from [[Pondicherry]] which met Mahuz Khan's army at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adyar_(River) Adyar River]. The bold attack by the French drove the enemy into the town from whence they were then expelled and forced to retreat towards [[Arcot]]. By this action the French ceased being suppliants to the local ruler.
[[Category:Battles|St Thomé, Battle of]]
[[Category:1st Carnatic War|St Thomé, Battle of]]
