Battle of Pollilore 1780

Battle of Pollilore 1780
Part of 2nd Mysore War
Date:	10 September 1780
Location:	Polilur, Near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
Presidency:	Madras
Co-ordinates:	12.832836°N 79.479844°E
Result:	British defeat
Combatants
East India Company	Kingdom of Mysore
Commanders
Col William Baillie	Hyder Ali
Strength
about 3,800	10,000
Casualties
36 European officers killed, 50 taken prisoner All sepoys killed wounded or dispersed

Polilur location
Survey map 1920-1946

This was an event during the 2nd Mysore War
Also described as the Battle of Perembacum

Spelling variants

Pollilore, Pollilur

Company Forces

Col Baillie's Detachment

• Madras European Infantry (113 men)
• 1st Carnatic Battalion
• 11th Carnatic Battalion
• Six coys 7th Carnatic Battalion
• 2nd Circar Battalion

Company of Guides Artillery (81 men)

• Total about 2,700 fighting men
  

Lt-Col Fletcher's Detachment

• Grenadier Company HM 73rd Regiment
• Light Company HM 73rd Regiment
• Two Grenadier Companies
• 14th Battalion of Madras Native Infantry
• 15th Battalion of Madras Native Infantry
• 16th Battalion of Madras Native Infantry
• 17th Battalion of Madras Native Infantry
• 21st Battalion of Madras Native Infantry
• Two companies of marksmen
• Total 1,007 fighting men

FIBIS resources

• "The Melvill Family – Three Generations of Commitment to India (Part 1)" by David Williams – pages 3-17 FIBIS Journal Number 32 (Autumn 2014) contains a section on Philip Melville, an officer in the 73rd Regiment of Foot, who was captured following the battle near Pollilur, with quotes from his papers. See FIBIS Journals for information about accessing this article.

External Links

Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars Wikipedia
2nd Mysore War Wikipedia
Battle of Pollilore Google Books
Battle of Pollilur Wikipedia
Battle of Pollilore and aftermath The Tiger & The Thistle
Field of Polilur Google Books

Historical Books Online

• History of the Madras Army Vol II - Battle at Perambakum by Lt-Col W J Wilson 1882 (archive.org)