Battle of Wandiwash
| Battle of Wandiwash | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Seven Years' War | |||||||
 The Vandavasi fort. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 British East India Company |
 French East India Company  Maratha Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
|
Sir Eyre Coote |
Comte de Lally | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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1,900 European infantry 2,100 Indian sepoys 80 European cavalry 250 Indian cavalry 26 guns |
2,250 European infantry 1,300 Indian sepoys 300 European cavalry 3,000 Marathi infantry 16 guns | ||||||
Third Carnatic War | |||||||
The Battle of Wandiwash was a battle in
Third Carnatic War fought between the French and British colonial empires, which itself was a part of the global Seven Years' War. It took place at Vandavasi (Wandiwash being the Anglicised pronunciation[1]) in Tamil Nadu
. Having made substantial gains in Bengal and Hyderabad, the British, after collecting a large amount of revenue, were fully equipped to face the French in Wandiwash, whom they defeated.
Order of battle
According to the 19th century book Annals of the Wars of the Eighteenth Century by Author Eduard Cust, the French Army consisted of 300
Marathas and 16 pieces of artillery while the British deployed about 80 European Horses, 250 Native horses, 1,900 European Infantry, 2,100 sepoys and 26 pieces of artillery.[2]
Battle
The French, commanded by the
Sir Eyre Coote
, and in the ensuing battle, the French were decisively defeated.
Aftermath
The Battle of Wandiwash resulted in the British capture of Chetpattu (
Pondichéry, where they surrendered on 22 January 1761. The collapse of the French position in India was one of the events that compelled France to sign the Treaty of Paris, reducing the French to little more than traders in India, and effectively ending further French imperial ambitions in that country. Britain, on the other hand, established its supremacy in India over other European powers after this battle.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Heritage History – List of Battles Archived 11 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 30 September 2008
- ^ Eduard Cust (1862). Annals of the wars of the eighteenth century, compiled from the most authentic histories of the period , Volume 3.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Mullen, Jr., Thomas J. (21 August 2006). "Seven Years' War: Battle of Wandiwash". HistoryNet. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ John Henry Garstin, Lawrence Asylum Press (1878) (1878). Manual of the South Arcot district. Madras.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 December 2022.