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{{Short description|Event in the Second Anglo-Mysore War}} | |||
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}} | {{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}} | ||
{{Campaignbox Second Anglo-Mysore War}} | {{Campaignbox Second Anglo-Mysore War}} | ||
The ''' | 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}} }} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||