Siege of Cuddalore

For other actions at this location, see Battle of Cuddalore (disambiguation).

Siege of Cuddalore
Part of the Second Anglo-Mysore War

The East India Company's European Regiment at the Siege of Cuddalore, 1 July 1783
Richard Simkin, 1890
Date7 June – 25 July 1783
(1 month, 2 weeks and 4 days)
Location
Cuddalore, Carnatic (present-day southeastern India)
11°45′N 79°45′E / 11.75°N 79.75°E / 11.75; 79.75
Result Inconclusive
Belligerents

 Great Britain

Hanover		 Sultanate of Mysore
 France
Commanders and leaders
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.

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