Battle of Chingleput

Battle of Chingleput
	Part of the Second Carnatic War
	File:07Chingleput Fort.jpg; View of Chingleput Fort in 1913
Date	March 1752
Location	Chingleput, Carnatic (present-day India)
Result	British–Arcot victory
Belligerents
File:British East India Company flag.svg British East India Company; File:Flag of the principality of Carnatic.gif Nawab of Arcot	File:Royal Standard of the King of France.svg French East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Robert Clive	Unknown
Strength
200 European recruits; 500 sepoys	40 Europeans; 500 troops
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

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.

References

Bruce, George. Harbottle's Dictionary of Battles. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..

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