siege, early modern
Siege of Negapatam
Siege of Negapatam was a siege conducted on 21 October 1781 at Nagapattinam, in what is now India; it lasted 21 days. It was part of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, which ran from 1780 to 1784. The recorded result: British victory. Recorded strength: 4,000 troops against 6,100 Dutch colonial troops; 600 Dutch; 5,500 Indian sepoys; 2,100 Mysorean troops.
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Where it sits in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
Record
| Date | 21 October 1781 to 11 November 1781 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Nagapattinam, India 10.767N, 79.833E | |
| Kind | Siege, early modern | |
| Strength | 4,000 troops | 6,100 Dutch colonial troops; 600 Dutch; 5,500 Indian sepoys; 2,100 Mysorean troops |
| Casualties and losses | Light | Unknown killed/wounded; thousands captured |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Negapatam 1758, same recorded site
- Action of 6 July 1746 1746, same recorded site
- Battle of Negapatam 1782, 3.8 km E
- Sieges of Tranquebar 1655, 29 km N
- Siege of Tranquebar 1699, 29 km N
Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1746 and 1782.
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Dogger Bank 5 August 1781
- After: Capture of Trincomalee 11 January 1782
- All 7 engagements of Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
Elsewhere in 1781
- Siege of Yorktown United States
- Battle of the Chesapeake
- Battle of Cowpens United States
- Siege of Pensacola United States
- Battle of Guilford Court House United States
Siege of Negapatam 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 Q7510266, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Negapatam, revision 1370743945, 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.