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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[2nd Mysore War]]
|date=30 December 1779-18 January 1782
|location=[[Tellicherry]], Tamil Nadu]
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.770125,75.498552&z=14&t=h&hl=en 11.770125°N 75.498552°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore Kingdom of Mysore]
|commander1=Major Cotgrove<br>Major Abingdon
|commander2=Sirdar Ali Khan
|strength1=
|strength2=10,000 men<br>30 guns
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
'''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://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Mysore Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War 2nd Mysore War] 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'' - 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]]
|partof=[[2nd Mysore War]]
|date=30 December 1779-18 January 1782
|location=[[Tellicherry]], Tamil Nadu]
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.770125,75.498552&z=14&t=h&hl=en 11.770125°N 75.498552°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore Kingdom of Mysore]
|commander1=Major Cotgrove<br>Major Abingdon
|commander2=Sirdar Ali Khan
|strength1=
|strength2=10,000 men<br>30 guns
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
'''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://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Mysore Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War 2nd Mysore War] 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'' - 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]]
