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Siege of Cuddalore Part of the American War of Independence and the Second Anglo-Mysore War Date 7 June–25 July, 1783 Location Cuddalore, India Coordinates: 11°45′N 79°45′E / 11.75°N 79.75°E / 11.75; 79.75 Result Indecisive (ended by peace agreement) Belligerents British East India Company Kingdom of Mysore France Commanders James Stuart Edward Hughes Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau Bailli de Suffren Strength 11,000 10,000-12,000 Casualties and losses 1,000 1,000

Second Anglo-Mysore War Arcot – 1st Pollilur – Vellore – Porto Novo – 2nd Pollilur – Sholinghur – Cuddalore

East Indies Campaign 1778–1783 Pondicherry – Porto Praya – 1st Negapatam – 1st Trincomalee – Sadras – Providien – 2nd Negapatam – 2nd Trincomalee – 1st Cuddalore – 2nd Cuddalore

The Siege of Cuddalore was a siege attempt by British troops against a combined French and Mysorean garrison in the fortress of Cuddalore late in the War of American Independence and the Second Anglo-Mysore War. British troops (including two regiments of hired Hanoverian German troops) under the command of James Stuart arrived outside Cuddalore on 7 June 1783. The allied French and Mysoreans, under the Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau attacked the British before they were fully prepared for siege operations on 20 June; in the battle, the allies suffered serious losses, and one of their outer redoubts was taken. However, key naval support for the British was interrupted that day by the arrival of a French fleet under the Bailli de Suffren, which met the British fleet in naval battle, and forced it to withdraw to Madras. Suffren landed additional support for the allies afterward, resulting in nearly equal-sized forces. The French and Mysoreans again attacked on 25 July but were unable to drive the British to retreat. News of a preliminary peace between France and Britain then reached the area, and a cessation of hostilities, complicated by the fact that Mysore and Britain were still at war, was negotiated on 2 July.

References

• Wilks, Mark. History of Mysore, Volume 2
• Wilson, W. J. History of the Madras Army, Volume 2
• History of Hanoverian Troops in Gibraltar: Minorca and East Indies (contains a German account of the siege)