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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War [2nd Mysore War]]
|date=31 October 1780
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcot [Arcot]], Tamil Nadu] |presidency=[[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=12.90686,79.328415&z=13&t=h&hl=en 12.906860°N 79.328415°E]
|result=British defeat
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Mysore|commander1=|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyder_Ali Kingdom_of_Mysore Kingdom of Mysore]|commander1=Commandant: Captain Prendergast|commander2=[[Hyder Ali]]
|strength1=
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}}
'''This was an event during the [[2nd Mysore War]]'''<br>
The pettah was taken on 31 October and the citadel surrendered on 3 November by Capt Dupont
== Garrison ==
*[[61st Madras Pioneers|1st Btn 1st Regiment Madras Infantry]]
*one & a half coys [[65th Carnatic Infantry|5th Battalion Madras Infantry]] under Lt Leighton
*Party of Nawab's sepoys
== External Links ==
[http://wwwen.heritage-historywikipedia.comorg/wwwwiki/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Heritage History Anglo-Mysore_Wars Anglo- Mysore Wars Wars]Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Wikipedia - AngloSecond_Anglo-Mysore_War 2nd Mysore Wars WarsWar]Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=4GUBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA247&dq=Colonel+Baillie&lr=&ei=N9uYR_qiDoKkiQGW6JzZCA#PPA247,M1 Capture of Arcot] Google Books ====Historical Books Online====*[http://www.archive.org/stream/historymadrasar00wilsgoog#page/n21/mode/1upp ''History of the Madras Army Vol II'' - Capture Surrender of Arcot]by Lt-Col W J Wilson 1882 (archive.org)
[[Category:Battles|Arcot 1780, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd Mysore War|Arcot 1780, Battle of]]
