Battle of Wandiwash

Battle of Wandiwash

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Wandiwash


caption=
partof=Seven Years' War
campaign=
date=January 22, 1760
place=Wandiwash, India
result=Decisive British victory
combatant1=Great Britain
combatant2=France
commander1=Sir Eyre Coote
commander2=Count de Lally
strength1=1,700
strength2=2,000
casualties1=
casualties2=|

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 near Pondicherry. 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 Pondicherry, where they surrendered on January 16, 1761. Wandiwash is the Anglicised pronunciation of Vandavasi. [ [http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=pseudowar&FileName=americanrev Heritage History - List of Battles] , retrieved 30 September 2008]

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* [http://www.historynet.com/seven-years-war-battle-of-wandiwash.htm Thomas J. Mullen, Jr. Seven Years’ War: Battle of Wandiwash February 1994 issue of Military History magazine]


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