Siege of Cuddalore
1783 battle of the Second Anglo-Mysore war / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The siege of Cuddalore was a siege attempt by British troops against a combined French and Mysorean garrison at the fortress of Cuddalore in the Second Anglo-Mysore War. The siege ended when news arrived of a preliminary peace treaty between France and Britain.
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Siege of Cuddalore | |||||||
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Part of the Second Anglo-Mysore War | |||||||
Drawing of the action by Richard Simkin, 1890 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Hanover |
Sultanate of Mysore France | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
James Stuart Edward Hughes Christoph August von Wangenheim |
Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau Bailli de Suffren Sayed Sahib | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
12,000[1] | 9,000[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,500[1] | 1,100[1] |
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