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|location=Devikottai, Tamil Nadu
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.359445,79.828557&z=14&t=h&hl=en approx 11.359445°N 366666°N 79.828558°E8°E]
|result=British victory
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== Synopsis ==
Following the death of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tukkoji Tukkoji], Rajah of [[Tanjore]] there was a struggle for the succession. The British hoped to extend their influence on the Coromandel Coast and agreed to help Shahuji, one of the claimants, recover the throne of Tanjore. Towards the end of March 1749 they sent Captain Cope with 430 Europeans and some artillery overland and battering cannon by sea to capture the fort of Devikottai. This expedition was forced to retire and on 27 May Major Lawrence Stringer, with Capt. Scrimsour and Capt Dalton left Fort St David by sea on the ships [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Exeter_(1697) Exeter] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Harwich_(1743) Harwich]. Siege batteries were set up and Devikottai was captured on 23 June. The Company however concluded a treaty with Pratap Singh the incumbent Rajah. Under this they kept the fort and pensioned off Shahuji.
==Location==
Th Imperial Gazetteer gives the coordinates shown placing it at the mouth of the Coleroon River and states that the fort has been almost entirely destroyed by floods.
== External Links ==
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_282.gif Devikottai] Imperial Gazetteer of India<br>
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?R_menu=OFF&Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Carnatic Wars] www.heritage-history.com<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=InbUAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA387&dq=Devicottah&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Devicottah&f=false Attack on Devicottah] Google Books<br>
