Battle of Shimoga
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| Capture of Shimoga | |||||||
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| Part of the Third Anglo-Mysore War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Maratha Empire East India Company |
 Mysore | ||||||
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Parshuram Bhou John Little |
Reza Sahib (POW) | ||||||
The Capture of Shimoga, a town and fortress held by forces of the
British East India Company and the Marathas, not far from the town on 29 December, had scattered much of its defending army. The defenders surrendered after the fort's walls were breached. The battle was part of a campaign during the Third Anglo-Mysore War by Maratha leader Purseram Bhow to recover Maratha territories taken by Hyder Ali in an earlier conflict between Mysore and the Marathas. By the end of the siege, Reza Sahib a leading Mysore commander, was among the captured.[1]
References
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