Cattle War
| Cattle War | |||||||||
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Danish soldiers negotiating further territory to Tranquebar, 1750. By Otto Vaupell | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Danish India French India | Thanjavur | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Hans Georg Krog Castonier Hesselberg † Attrup † De leyrit Porcher |
Pratap Singh Perumal Naik Manosiappa | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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c. 2,000 men 650 (French relief force) Total: c. 800 |
2,000–4,000 Cavalry 2,000 infantry Total: 4,000–6,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 71 killed | Unknown | ||||||||
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The Cattle War (Danish: Kvægkrigen) also commonly referred to as the Perumal War or the Perumal Naik-War (Danish: Perumalkrigen/Perumal Naik-krigen) was a colonial conflict between the Danish East India Company and the Thanjavur Maratha kingdom over the Danish governor Hans Georg Krog's expansionistic foreign policy. The conflict started over the raiding of Danish cattle by the local supervisor of a small land district, Perumal Naik.