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[[Category:Battles|Vellore, Capture of]]
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|partof=[http[://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellore_Mutiny Vellore MutinyCategory:3rd Carnatic War|3rd Carnatic War]]|date=10 July 1806 26 December 1761
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vellore Vellore, Tamil Nadu]
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=12.91177,79.136627&z=13&t=h&hl=en 12.91177°N 79.136627°E]
|result=Mutiny suppressedCity surrendered
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101010738/ Gen Robert Gillespie]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_William_Bentinck Lord William Bentinck]
|commander2=
|strength1=European garrison:<br>Four coys HM [[69th Regiment of Foot]]<br>Relief force: HM [[19th Light Dragoons]]
|strength2=
|casualties1=Massacred:<br>Col Fancourt & 14 officers<br>99 NCOs and privates<br>15 others died of wounds |casualties2=350 rebels killed<br>350 rebels wounded<br>600 imprisoned<br>500 fugitives
}}
'''This was an event during the [[3rd Carnatic War]]'''<br>== External Links links ==*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9LQIAAAAQAAJR4kpAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA430PA105&dq=Vellore+1806&lr=&as_brr=13&ei=pJaYSMCAEZXAigH19uHQBwRv51SbS7E5LYlQSk5sy1Cw#PPA436PPA105,M1 Google Books - Mutiny at Surrender of Vellore]<br>*[http://www.napoleon-series.org/images/military/maps/miscellaneous/vellore.jpg Napoleon Series Vellore Fort map]1806.<br>*[httphttps://wwwmilitarymaps.oxforddnbrct.comuk/other-18th-19th-century-conflicts/vellore-1761-a-description-of-vellore-fort-the ''A Description of Vellore Fort 1761''] and [https:/index/101002161militarymaps.rct.uk/ Oxford Dictionary other-18th-19th-century-conflicts/vellore-1761-vellore-a-drawn-plan-of National Biography - Lord William Bentinckvellore A drawn Plan of Vellore 1761]. George III's collection of military maps, Royal Collection Trust.[[Category:Battles|Vellore, Capture of]][[Category:3rd Carnatic War|Vellore]]
