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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof= [[:Category:3rd Carnatic War|3rd Carnatic War]]<br>[[Seven Years War]]
|date=14 December 1758 - 17 February 1759
|location=[[Madras (City)|Madras]]
|presidency=[[Madras Presidency]]
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=French
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Caillaud Brig-Gen John Caillaud]<br />[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Draper_(British_Army_officer) Col William Draper]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Arthur,_comte_de_Lally Comte de Lally]
|strength1=2,200 European troops<br>1,800 Native troops
|strength2= 2,700 European troops<br>4,000 Native troops
|casualties1= 600+ British and 300 Sepoys|casualties2= 700 Europeans
}}
'''This was an event during the [[3rd Carnatic War]]'''<br>
== Summary ==
Comte de Lally, with all the forces he could muster, encamped before Fort St George and began constructing siege batteries. Over two months there were numerous engagements. John Caillaud brought reinforcements from Tanjore and assumed command of the garrison. French supplies became short. A British fleet arrived on 15 February and de Lally was obliged to raise the siege.
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/65/mode/1up John Caillaud (1724-1812)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/123/mode/1up William Draper (1721-87)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/242/mode/1up Comte de Lally (1700-66)]<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars 3rd Carnatic War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_St._George_(India) Fort St George] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0sILAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA512&dq=Siege+of+Madras+1758&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=Paf1SKi2FYTkygSs9_TUCA#PPA512,M1 Siege of Madras] Google Books<br />[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1758_-_Siege_of_Madras Siege of Madras] www.kronoskaf.com
[[Category:Battles|Madras, Siege of]]
[[Category:3rd Carnatic War|Madras, Siege of]]
