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[[Category:Battles|Madras, Siege of]]
[[Category:3rd Carnatic War|Madras, Siege of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[http[:Category://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars 3rd Carnatic War|3rd Carnatic War]]<br>[[Seven Years War]]|date=14 December 1758 - 17 February 1759|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai Chennai, Tamil Nadu[Madras (City)|Madras]] |presidency=[[MadrasPresidency]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=13.080592,80.285799&z=14&t=h&hl=en 13.080592°N 80.285799°E]
|result=British victory
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=French
|commander1=Col [[John Caillaud|Brig-Gen John Caillaud]]<br />[[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>
== External Link ==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?R_menu=OFF&Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Carnatic Wars]Heritage History<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars 3rd Carnatic War] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_St._George_(India) Wikipedia - 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]]
