Siege of Vellore explained

Conflict:Siege of Vellore
Partof:Second Anglo-Mysore War
Date:1780 – 1782
(2 years)
Place:Vellore, Kingdom of Mysore
Result:British victory
Combatant1: British East India Company
Commander2: Hyder Ali

The siege of Vellore was an intermittent series of sieges and blockades conducted during the Second Anglo-Mysore War by forces of the Kingdom of Mysore against a British East India Company garrison holding the fortress at Vellore, located in the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

History

First besieged in 1780, Mysore's ruler Hyder Ali eventually reduced the siege to a blockade due to the need for troops elsewhere. The blockade was ineffectively maintained until 1782 before being abandoned. The British successfully resupplied the garrison of Colonel Ross Lang four times.

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