Siege of Cuddalore
| Siege of Cuddalore | |||||||
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| Part of the Second Anglo-Mysore War | |||||||
Drawing of the action by Richard Simkin, 1890 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Hanover |
Sultanate of Mysore France | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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James Stuart Edward Hughes Christoph August von Wangenheim |
Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau Bailli de Suffren Sayed Sahib | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 12,000 | 9,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,500 | 1,100 | ||||||
The siege of Cuddalore was a siege attempt by British troops against a combined French and Mysorean garrison at the fortress of Cuddalore in the Second Anglo-Mysore War. The siege ended when news arrived of a preliminary peace treaty between France and Britain.