Battle of Golden Rock explained

Conflict:	Battle of Golden Rock
Partof:	Second Carnatic War
Date:	26 June 1753
Place:	Trichinopoly
Result:	British victory
Combatant1:	British East India Company Arcot State
Combatant2:	France French East India Company Kingdom of Mysore Maratha Empire
Commander1:	Stringer Lawrence Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah
Commander2:	Monsieur Astruc (French) Nandiraj, Dalavayi of Mysore Ballappa (Maratha) ^[1]
Strength1:	Major Lawrence
Strength2:	Monsieur Astruc Nandiraj Ballappa
Casualties1:	200 sepoys
Casualties2:	3 cannons lost 600 cavalry dead^[2]

The Battle of Golden Rock was fought between forces of the British and French East India Companies on 26 June 1753, during the Second Carnatic War. French troops, assisted by Mysorean troops led by Monsieur Astruc,^[3] assaulted a British outpost near Trichinopoly, drawing the main British force defending Trichinopoly. The British, commanded by Stringer Lawrence, were victorious.

References

1. Book: Orme, Robert. History of the Military Transaction of the British nation in Indostan from the MDCCXLV (3rd ed.). Vol-001. 1780. London. 292. English.
2. Book: Begbie, Peter James. History of the Services of the Madras Artillery, with a Sketch of the Rise of the Power of the East India Company in Southern India. 1852. D.P.L.C. Connor, at the Christian Knowledge Society's Press, to be had of Messrs. Franck and Company. 61. en.
3. Book: Orme, Robert. History of the Military Transaction of the British nation in Indostan from the MDCCXLV (3rd ed.). Vol-001. 1780. London. 289. English.