Siege of Ambur
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1767 siege
| Siege of Ambur | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Mysore state | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Captain Calvert | Hyder Ali | ||||||
The siege of Ambur (10 November – 7 December 1767) was conducted by a combined force of Mysorean and Hyderabadi troops under the command of Hyder Ali against the town of Ambur in southern India during the First Anglo-Mysore War. The town was successfully defended by a garrison of local troops and a small force of British East India Company troops under the command of Captain Calvert.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 173. ISBN 9788131300343.
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