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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Carnatic War|1st Carnatic War]]
|date=8 August-17 October 1748
|location= [[Pondicherry]], Puducherry Union Territory
|presidency=[[Madras Presidency]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.845116,79.875241&z=9&t=h&hl=en 11.845116°N 79.875241°E]
|result=British retreat
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[[French]]
|commander1=[[Edward Boscawen|Rear Admiral Edward Boscawen]]<br>[[Stringer Lawrence|Col Stringer Lawrence]]
|commander2=[[Joseph-Francois Dupleix|Gov-Gen Joseph-Francois Dupleix]]
|strength1= 2,700 European troops<br>1,000 sailors<br>2,000 sepoys
|strength2= 1,800 European troops<br>3,000 sepoys
|casualties1= 1,000
|casualties2=
}}
'''This was an event during the [[1st Carnatic War]]'''<br>
== FIBIS resources ==
*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=221 First Soldiers of the EIC Army]
*[http://fibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=869&s_id=88 Diary of the Siege of Pondicherry]
== External Links ==
[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=if4XAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA299&dq=Pondicherry+1748&lr=&as_brr=3&ei=mKHGSIChDYuCjwG6goTrDQ#PPA298,M1 Siege of Pondicherry] Google Books<br>
[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101016187/ Stringer Lawrence] Dictionary of National Biography
[[Category:Battles|Pondicherry, Siege of]]
[[Category:1st Carnatic War|Pondicherry, Siege of]]
