Battle of Ooscota

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Battle of Ooscota
Part of the
Bengaluru,Karnataka, India
Result

Maratha
Victory

Belligerents Maratha Empire Kingdom of MysoreCommanders and leaders Murari Rao Hyder AliStrength Unknown Unknown number of
War Elephant
Casualties and losses 18 Casualties 500 Casualties

The Battle of Ooscota (or Ooscata) was a battle in the

British East India Company and Hyder Ali, the sultan of the Kingdom of Mysore.[1]
It took place on the night of the 22–23 August 1768.

Ooscota, the location of the battle, is the modern Hoskote, Bangalore Rural district, Karnataka, India.

Background

The British under Colonel

Nawab of Arcot
, Rao declined, and they threw up their own picket a short distance away. Meanwhile, Hyder Ali was nearby and decided to attack the Maratha forces in the night.

Battle

The Mysore cavalry attacked behind Hyder Ali's war elephants, which took down the defences. Rao instructed his cavalry to remain unmounted, so that his forces could bring down any mounted troops; knowing them to be enemy. In the chaos Rao's state elephant broke loose, and wielding its chain as a weapon, threw back the cavalry in the face of the supporting infantry. Disheartened the Mysore troops retreated, with a loss of some ,500 troops compared with the Maratha losses of 18.

As the British had been alerted and were advancing to relieve the Maratha, Hyder Ali decided against further attacks.

The British lost Cambell's

aide de camp, Gee who had ridden to the Maratha camp to investigate, and been shot down under Rao's blanket orders to kill mounted men.[2]

References

  1. ISBN 0-246-11103-8
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  2. ^ Mark Wilks (1869). Historical Sketches of the South of India, in an Attempt to Trace the History of Mysoor, Etc. Higginbotham and Company. pp. 341–342.

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