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    Battle of Wandiwash

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    Battle of Wandiwash

    Part of Seven Years' War

    The Vandavasi fort.

    Date 22 January 1760


    Location Vandavasi, Tamil Nadu, India
    Result British victory

    Belligerents

    British East India Company French East India Company

    Commanders and leaders

    Sir Eyre Coote Count de Lally

    Strength

    80 European Horses, 250 Native 300 European Cavalry, 2,250


    horses, 1,900 European Infantry, European Infantry, 1,300 Sepoys,
    2,100 Sepoys and 26 pieces of 3,000 Marathas and 16 pieces of
    Artillery Artillery

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     e
    Third Carnatic War
     Chandannagar
     Plassey
     Cuddalore
     Negapatam
     Condore
     Madras
     Masulipatam
     Pondicherry (naval)
     Chinsurah
     Wandiwash
     Pondicherry (siege)

    The Battle of Wandiwash was a decisive battle in India during the Seven Years' War. The
    Count de Lally's army, burdened by a lack of naval support and funds, attempted to regain the
    fort at Vandavasi, now in Tamil Nadu. He was attacked by Sir Eyre Coote's forces and
    decisively defeated. The French general Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau and the French were
    then restricted to Pondichéry, where they surrendered on 22 January 1760. Wandiwash is the
    Anglicised pronunciation of Vandavasi.[1]

    This was the Third Carnatic War fought between the French and the British. Having made
    substantial gains in Bengal and Hyderabad, the British, after collecting a huge amount of
    revenue, were fully equipped to face the French in Wandiwash, whom they defeated.

    According to the 19th century book Annals of the Wars of the Eighteenth Century by Author
    Eduard Cust, the French Army consisted of 300 European Cavalry, 2,250 European infantry,
    1,300 sepoys (soldiers), 3,000 Mahrattas and 16 pieces of artillery while the English deployed
    about 80 European Horses, 250 Native horses, 1,900 European Infantry, 2,100 sepoys and 26
    pieces of artillery.[2] The Battle of Wandiwash involved capture of Chetpattu (Chetpet),
    Tirunomalai (Thiruvannaamalai), Tindivanam and Perumukkal.[3] It lead to signing of Treaty
    of Paris and french were reduced to mere trader in India, they were not allowed fortification
    in India. British established its supremacy in India over other European powers after this
    battle.

    Contents
     1 Map
     2 See also
     3 References
     4 External links
    Map[edit]

    Map of Vandavasi, c. 1771

    Location of the battle in south east India

    See also[edit]
     Great Britain in the Seven Years War
     France in the Seven Years War

    References[edit]
    1. ^ Heritage History – List of Battles Archived 11 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine,
    retrieved 30 September 2008
    2. ^ Eduard Cust (1862). Annals of the wars of the eighteenth century, compiled from
    the most authentic histories of the period , Volume 3.
    3. ^ John Henry Garstin, Lawrence Asylum Press (1878) (1878). Manual of the South
    Arcot district.

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