Siege of Cuddalore

Siege of Cuddalore
Part of the Second Anglo-Mysore War
Drawing of the action by Richard Simkin, 1890
Date 7 June – 25 July 1783 Location Cuddalore, Carnatic (present-day southeastern India) 11°45′N 79°45′E / 11.75°N 79.75°E / 11.75; 79.75 Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
Great Britain British East India Company 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]

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.