Siege of Coimbatore
| Siege of Coimbatore | |||||||
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| Part of the Third Anglo-Mysore War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Kingdom of Mysore |
East India Company Travancore | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Tipu Sultan | John Chalmers (POW) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Entire garrison captured | ||||||
The Siege of Coimbatore was a siege conducted by forces of the Kingdom of Mysore against a garrison of British East India Company and Travancorean troops holding the fortress at Coimbatore in southern India during the Third Anglo-Mysore War.[1] The siege began in May 1791, and several men trying to storm the fort were repulsed on 11 June, after which the garrison of Lieutenant John Chalmers was reinforced, and a larger Mysorean force was brought against it. The garrison eventually surrendered on 2 November. Tipu Sultan broke the terms of the surrender, and held the garrison's commanding officers prisoner.[2]
References
- ^ Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 177. ISBN 9788131300343.
- ^ Fortescue, John William (1902). A history of the British army, Volume 3. Macmillan.
- Mill, James. A history of British India, Volume 5