Battle of Chingleput

Battle of Chingleput
	Part of the Second Carnatic War
Date	March 1752
Location	Chingleput, Carnatic, present-day India
Result	British-Arcot victory
Belligerents
British East India Company; Nawab of Arcot	French East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Robert Clive	Unknown
Strength
200 European recruits; 500 sepoys	40 Europeans; 500 troops

The Battle of Chingleput was a short siege in early 1752, during the Second Carnatic War. About 700 British East India Company recruits and sepoys under the command of Robert Clive captured the fortress of Chingleput, near Madras, defended by a French East India Company garrison of about 40 Europeans and 500 troops.

View of Chingleput Fort in 1913

References

George Bruce. Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles. (Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981) (ISBN 0-442-22336-6).

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