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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.
 
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict    = Siege of Mangalore
| partof      = the [[Second Anglo-Mysore War]]
| image      =
| image_size  =
| caption    =
| date        = 20 May 1783 – 30 January 1784
| place      = [[Mangalore]], [[India]]
| coordinates =
| 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
| campaignbox =
{{Campaignbox Second Anglo-Mysore War}} }}


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