Siege of Mangalore

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Siege of Mangalore
Part of 2nd Mysore War
Date: 18 May 1783-30 January 1784
Location: Mangalore, Karnataka
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 12.86936°N 74.84256°E
Result: British surrender
Combatants
East India Company Kingdom of Mysore
Commanders
Colonel John Campbell Col. Lally
Strength
540 Europeans
2,850 sepoys
600 Europeans
124,000 native troops
Casualties

This was an event in the 2nd Mysore War

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
John Campbell (1754-1801)
Tippoo Sultan (1753-1754)

External Links

Anglo-Mysore Wars Wikipedia
2nd Mysore War Wikipedia
Surrender of Mangalore Google Books

Historical books on-line

Remarks of the Most Important Military Operations of the English Forces on the Western Side of the Peninsular of Hindoostan in 1783 and 1784 Letters from J.M. (John Moodie) 1788