| Tillali Massacre | |||||||||
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| Part of the Cattle War | |||||||||
_-_Kulturhistorisk_museum,_UiO_-_UEM4416.jpg) Tillally, the governor`s country residence, by Peter Anker | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Danish India |
 Thanjavur | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Peter Hesselberg † Hans Jacob Attrup † |
Pratap Singh Perumal Naik | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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27 Soldiers of the corps 30 Indian sepoys Total: 55-57 |
2000[1]-4000[2] Cavalry 2000 men[2] Total: 4000-6000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 55 killed[2] | 300 killed[3] | ||||||||
| 45 Civilians killed | |||||||||
The Tillali Massacre (Danish: Massakren i Tillali), or the Battle of Tillali (Danish: Slaget ved Tillali) was a confrontation on 30 June 1756 during the Cattle War, between the Danish command at the village of Tillali (Thillaiyadi) and the Raja of Thanjavur, Pratap Singh. The confrontation resulted in a Thanjavurian victory and a subsequent massacre of most Danish troops. After the victory, the Thanjavurian army led a further invasion into Danish Tranquebar and besieged Fort Dansborg.
- ^ Gregersen, Hans (2018). Trankebar [Tranquebar] (in Danish). Forlag A/S. pp. 12–13. ISBN 9788711978337.
- ^ a b c Larsen, Kay (1935). Danmarks Kolonier (PDF) (in Danish). BRUGSFORENINGS~ BLADET. p. 272.
- ^ Liisberg, Bering (2020). Danmarks søfart og søhandel (in Danish). SAGA Egmont. ISBN 978-87-26-30660-6.