Battle of Shimoga explained

Conflict:Capture of Shimoga
Partof:the Third Anglo-Mysore War
Date:29 December 1791  - 3 January 1792
Place:Shimoga, Kingdom of Mysore
Result:Maratha-British victory
Combatant1:
East India Company
Combatant2: Mysore
Commander1: Parshuram Bhou
John Little
Commander2:Reza Sahib

The Capture of Shimoga, a town and fortress held by forces of the Kingdom of Mysore, occurred on 3 January 1792, after a preliminary battle with the attacking forces of the British East India Company and the Marathas, not far from the town on 29 December, had scattered much of its defending army. The defenders surrendered after the fort's walls were breached. The battle was part of a campaign during the Third Anglo-Mysore War by Maratha leader Purseram Bhow to recover Maratha territories taken by Hyder Ali in an earlier conflict between Mysore and the Marathas. By the end of the siege, Reza Sahib a leading Mysore commander, was among the captured.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Jaques, Tony . Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century [3 volumes] ]. 2006-11-30 . Bloomsbury Publishing USA . 978-0-313-02799-4 . 936 . en.