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{{Short description|Event in the Second Anglo-Mysore War}}
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The '''Siege of Mangalore''' was conducted during the [[Second Anglo-Mysore War]] by [[Tipu Sultan]] and forces of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] against a [[British East India Company]] garrison led by Colonel Campbell.  The port city of [[Mangalore]] on the west coast of [[India]] was besieged from 20 May 1783 until the garrison capitulated on 30 January 1784 after being reduced to starvation; of the original garrison of 700 British soldiers and 2000 Indian troops there were only 850 survivors.  The siege was one of the last major actions of the war; Mangalore was where [[Treaty of Mangalore|the treaty]] ending the war was signed in March 1784.
The '''siege of Mangalore''' was conducted during the [[Second Anglo-Mysore War]] by [[Tipu Sultan]] and forces of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] against a [[British East India Company]] garrison led by Colonel Campbell.  The port city of [[Mangalore]] on the west coast of [[India]] was besieged from 20 May 1783 until the garrison capitulated on 30 January 1784 after being reduced to starvation; of the original garrison of 700 British soldiers and 2000 Indian troops there were only 850 survivors.  The siege was one of the last major actions of the war; Mangalore was where [[Treaty of Mangalore|the treaty]] ending the war was signed in March 1784.
 
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| partof      = the [[Second Anglo-Mysore War]]
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| date        = 20 May 1783 – 30 January 1784
| place      = [[Mangalore]], [[India]]
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| result      = Mysore victory
| combatant1  = {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
*{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} [[British East India Company]]
| combatant2  = {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} [[Sultanate of Mysore]]
| commander1  = {{flagicon|Kingdom of Great Britain}} colonel Campbell
| commander2  = {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} [[Tipu Sultan]]
| strength1  =  700 British and 2,000 Indian troops
| strength2  =  Unknown
| casualties1 = 1950
| casualties2 = Unknown
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==References==
==References==
* {{cite book |last=Fortescue |first= John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1GlKAAAAYAAJ&q=Bednore+1783&pg=PA489 |title=A history of the British army |year= 1902 |volume= Volume 3 |pages=483–489}}
* {{cite book |last=Fortescue |first= John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1GlKAAAAYAAJ&q=Bednore+1783&pg=PA489 |title=A history of the British army |year= 1902 |volume= 3 |pages=483–489}}
* {{cite book |last=Marshman |first=John Clark |title=History of India from the Earliest Period to the Close of the East India Company's Government|edition=reprint |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2010 |origyear=1876 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbmT_Tv-VGUC |page=203 |isbn=978-1-108-02104-3}}
* {{cite book |last=Marshman |first=John Clark |title=History of India from the Earliest Period to the Close of the East India Company's Government|edition=reprint |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2010 |origyear=1876 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbmT_Tv-VGUC |page=203 |isbn=978-1-108-02104-3}}


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The siege of Mangalore was conducted during the Second Anglo-Mysore War by Tipu Sultan and forces of the Kingdom of Mysore against a British East India Company garrison led by Colonel Campbell. The port city of Mangalore on the west coast of India was besieged from 20 May 1783 until the garrison capitulated on 30 January 1784 after being reduced to starvation; of the original garrison of 700 British soldiers and 2000 Indian troops there were only 850 survivors. The siege was one of the last major actions of the war; Mangalore was where the treaty ending the war was signed in March 1784.

Siege of Mangalore
Part of the Second Anglo-Mysore War
Date20 May 1783 – 30 January 1784
Location
Mangalore, India
Result Mysore victory
Belligerents

 Great Britain

Sultanate of Mysore
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Great Britain colonel Campbell Tipu Sultan
Strength
700 British and 2,000 Indian troops Unknown
Casualties and losses
1950 Unknown

ReferencesEdit

  • Fortescue, John (1902). A history of the British army. Vol. 3. pp. 483–489.
  • Marshman, John Clark (2010) [1876]. History of India from the Earliest Period to the Close of the East India Company's Government (reprint ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 203. ISBN 978-1-108-02104-3.

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