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|partof=[http[://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars Category:1st Carnatic War|1st Carnatic War]]|date=8 August -17 October 1748|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pondicherry_(city) [Pondicherry]],Puducherry Union Territory] |presidency=[[MadrasPresidency]]
|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=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Boscawen [Edward Boscawen|Rear Adm Admiral Edward Boscawen]]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stringer_Lawrence [Stringer Lawrence|Col Stringer Lawrence]]|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_François_Dupleix [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 Google Books - Siege of Pondicherry]Google Books<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101016187/ Stringer Lawrence] Dictionary of National Biography - Stringer Lawrence [[Category:Battles|Pondicherry, Siege of]][[Category:1st Carnatic War|Pondicherry, Siege of]]
