Date March 1752 | Result British-Arcot victory | |
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200 European recruits
500 sepoys 40 Europeans
500 troops Combatants East India Company, Kingdom of Great Britain, Early modern France Similar Bombardment of Madras, Carnatic Wars, Battle of Madras, Anglo‑Mysore Wars, Battle of Ambur | ||
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.
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