Battle_of_Annagudi References

Battle of Annagudi
	Part of Anglo-Mysore Wars
Date	18 February 1782
Location	Annagudi, Tamil Nadu
Result	Mysore victory
Belligerents
Mysore	East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Tipu Sultan	Sir John Braithwaite ( POW)
Strength
1200 Infantry; 600 horsmen; 20 Guns	1800 Men; 20 Guns
	Tipu Sultan took entire detachment as prisoners

The Battle of Annagudi was a military conflict between the forces of Tipu Sultan and the British East India Company, which took place at Annagudi near Tanjore on 18 February 1782. Tipu won the battle and took an entire detachment as prisoners.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The battle

The Battle of Annagudi took place during the Second Anglo-Mysore War between Mysore, commanded by Tipu Sultan, and East India Company forces, commanded by general Colonel John Braithwaite.^[4] Tipu successfully defeated Braithwaite and imprisoned the entire Company force.^[5]^[6] The Mysore army consisted of 600 horses,1200 infantry and 20 guns.^[7] The Company army consisted of 1800 men and 10 guns.^[8]^[9]

References

^ Naravane, M. S. (2006). Battles of the Honourable East India Company: Making of the Raj. APH Publishing. pp. 173–175. ISBN 978-81-313-0034-3.
^ Tucker, Spencer C. (2009-12-23). A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East [6 volumes]: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. ABC-CLIO. p. 995. ISBN 978-1-85109-672-5.
^ Hazlitt, William (2007). New Writings of William Hazlitt. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-920706-0.
^ Buckland, Charles Edward (1906). Dictionary of Indian Biography. S. Sonnenschein. p. 52.
^ Historical Records of the XIII Madras Infantry. W. Thacker. 1898. p. 35.
^ Barua, Pradeep (2005-01-01). The State at War in South Asia. U of Nebraska Press. pp. 81–83. ISBN 978-0-8032-1344-9.
^ Historical Records of the XIII Madras Infantry. W. Thacker. 1898. p. 35.
^ Tucker, Spencer C. (2009-12-23). A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East [6 volumes]: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. ABC-CLIO. p. 955. ISBN 978-1-85109-672-5.
^ Wilson, William John (1882). History of the Madras Army. E. Keys, at the Government Press. pp. 67–68.

[1] Naravane, M. S. (2006). Battles of the Honourable East India Company: Making of the Raj. APH Publishing. pp. 173–175. ISBN 978-81-313-0034-3.

[2] Tucker, Spencer C. (2009-12-23). A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East [6 volumes]: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. ABC-CLIO. p. 995. ISBN 978-1-85109-672-5.

[3] Hazlitt, William (2007). New Writings of William Hazlitt. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-920706-0.

[4] Buckland, Charles Edward (1906). Dictionary of Indian Biography. S. Sonnenschein. p. 52.

[5] Historical Records of the XIII Madras Infantry. W. Thacker. 1898. p. 35.

[6] Barua, Pradeep (2005-01-01). The State at War in South Asia. U of Nebraska Press. pp. 81–83. ISBN 978-0-8032-1344-9.

[7] Historical Records of the XIII Madras Infantry. W. Thacker. 1898. p. 35.

[8] Tucker, Spencer C. (2009-12-23). A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East [6 volumes]: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. ABC-CLIO. p. 955. ISBN 978-1-85109-672-5.

[9] Wilson, William John (1882). History of the Madras Army. E. Keys, at the Government Press. pp. 67–68.

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