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[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zgE-AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA62&dq=Chandernagore&as_brr=1&ei=0vYnSJbMGYquygS-qb3ADQ#PPA62,M1 Capture of Chandernagore] Google Books
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|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Clive Col Robert Clive]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Watson_%28governor%29 Admiral Charles Watson]
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|strength1= 2000 trooopstroops
|strength2= 600 French<br>300 sepoys
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'''This was an event during the [[3rd Carnatic War]]'''<br>
== Clive's Army ==
*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|Bengal European Regiment]] (250 men)
*[[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers|Bombay European Regiment]] (a detachment)
*[[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|Madras European Regiment]] (a detachment)
*European Artillery (150 men)
*Sepoys (1,500 men)
== Watson's Squadron ==
*[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Kent_%2870%29 HMS Kent] under Captain Speke
*[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Cumberland_%2866%29 HMS Cumberland] under Captain Pocock
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Salisbury_(1746) HMS Salisbury] under Captain Knowler
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tiger_(1747) HMS Tiger] under Captain Latham
*[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Bridgewater_%2824%29 HMS Bridgewater]
*[http://www.eicships.info/ships/shipdetail.asp?sid=646 HEIC Ship Marlborough]
*[http://www.eicships.info/ships/shipdetail.asp?sid=796 HEIC Ship Walpole]
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography<br>
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?R_menu=OFF&Dir=wars&FileName=wars_carnatic.php Carnatic Wars] Heritage History<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars Wikipedia 3rd Carnatic War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1757_-_British_expedition_against_Chandernagore British expedition against Chandernagore] www.kronoskaf.com<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zgE-AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA62&dq=Chandernagore&as_brr=1&ei=0vYnSJbMGYquygS-qb3ADQ#PPA62,M1 Capture of Chandernagore] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zgE-AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Clive&as_brr=1&ei=UaSYR7nmE6jsiQHbv7TZCA Life of Robert Lord Clive] Google Books<br>
