Siege of Masulipatam

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Siege of Masulipatam
Part of Seven Years' War
Musalipatam fort in 1759
Date 6 March to 7 April 1759 Location Machilipatnam, India Result British victory
Belligerents
British East India Company	French East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Francis Forde	Third Carnatic War
Calcutta Chandannagar Plassey Cuddalore Negapatam Condore Madras Masulipatam 1st Pondicherry Chinsurah Wandiwash 2nd Pondicherry

The siege of Masulipatam was a

The British taking of the town helped relieve the Siege of Madras.

See also

• Great Britain in the Seven Years' War

Bibliography

• Harvey, Robert. Clive: The Life and Death of a British Emperor. Sceptre, 1999.
• Henty, George Alfred. With Clive in India. Or, The Beginnings of an Empire.
• Keay, John. The Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company. Harper Collins, 1993
• McLynn, Frank. 1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World. Pimlico, 2005.

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