Battle of Chingleput explained

Conflict:Battle of Chingleput
Partof:the Second Carnatic War
Date:March 1752
Place:Chingleput, Carnatic, present-day India
Result:British-Arcot victory
Combatant1: British East India Company
Nawab of Arcot
Combatant2: French East India Company
Commander1:Robert Clive
Commander2:Unknown
Strength1:200 European recruits
500 sepoys
Strength2:40 Europeans
500 troops

The Battle of Chingleput was a short siege in early 1752, during the Second Carnatic War. About 700 East India Company recruits and sepoys under the command of Robert Clive captured the fortress of Chingleput, near Madras, defended by a French East India Company garrison of about 40 Europeans and 500 troops.

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