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Siege of Cuddalore

Siege of Cuddalore was a siege conducted on 7 June 1783 at Cuddalore, in what is now India; it lasted 48 days. It was part of Second Anglo-Mysore War, which ran from 1780 to 1784. The recorded result: Inconclusive. Recorded strength: 12,000 against 9,000.

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The East India Company's European Regiment at the Siege of Cuddalore, 1 July 1783.
The East India Company's European Regiment at the Siege of Cuddalore, 1 July 1783.. Richard Simkin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought7 June 1783lasted 48 days
WhereCuddalore, India11.750N, 79.750E
OutcomeInconclusive
BelligerentsKingdom of Great Britain; British East India Company; HanoveragainstSultanate of Mysore; Kingdom of France
Casualties and losses1,500and1,100
Part ofSecond Anglo-Mysore War1780 to 1784

Where it sits in Second Anglo-Mysore War

Siege of Tellicherry, 1779Battle of Pollilur, 1780Battle of Porto Novo, 1781Battle of Pollilur, 1781Battle of Sholinghur, 1781Siege of Cuddalore, 178317791783Siege of Cuddalore, 1783
6 placed engagements of Second Anglo-Mysore War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date7 June 1783
to 25 July 1783
PlaceCuddalore, India
11.750N, 79.750E
KindSiege, early modern
Strength12,0009,000
Casualties and losses1,5001,100
Commanders
  • James Stuart (d. 1793)
  • Edward Hughes (Royal Navy officer)
  • Christoph August von Wangenheim
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1758 and 1783.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1783

Siege of Cuddalore is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 354 in present-day India.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q12976096, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Cuddalore, revision 1385627238, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.