Siege of Cuddalore

Siege of Cuddalore
Part of the Second Anglo-Mysore War

Drawing of the action by Richard Simkin, 1890
Date7 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

Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg Hanover
Sultanate of Mysore
 France
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Great Britain James Stuart
Kingdom of Great Britain Edward Hughes
Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg Christoph August von Wangenheim
Kingdom of France Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau
Kingdom of France Bailli de Suffren
Sayed Sahib
Strength
12,000[1] 9,000[1]
Casualties and losses
1,500[1] 1,100[1]
Map in French of the battle ground Cuddalore, 13 June 1783.

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.

  1. ^ a b c d Grant 2017, p. 475.