| Siege of Tranquebar | |||||||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Tranquebar_Map_1798.png) Map of fortified Tranquebar drawn by Governor Peter Anker, 1798 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Danish India English India |
Thanjavur Maratha Supported by:  Dutch India[1] | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Claus Vogdt Thomas Pitt Unk. captain (WIA) | Shahuji I | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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Dansborg garrison English relief force | Whole army | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| +200 men | 20–30.000 men | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| <66 (during sortie)[2] | Heavy | ||||||||
The siege of Tranquebar (Danish: Belejringen af Tranquebar) was a siege of the Danish colony of Tranquebar by Shahuji I of the Thanjavur Maratha kingdom in 1699. Despite the dire situation of the besieged Danes, the English at Madras came to relieve the Danes, and the Thanjavurians would eventually retreat.
- ^ Anson 1745, p. 13.
- ^ Salmon 1759, p. 200.