What the records say
- When
- 29 Apr 1758
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 11.75° N, 79.75° E
- Description
- 1758 naval battle during the Seven Years' War
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Cuddalore (1758)
1758 battle of the Seven Years' War
The Battle of Cuddalore took place on 29 April 1758 during the Seven Years' War near Cuddalore off the Carnatic coast of India, and was an indecisive battle between a British squadron under Vice-Admiral George Pocock and French squadron under Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché. The British casualties were 29 killed and 89 wounded, while France lost 99 killed and 321 wounded.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Cuddalore: A British fleet under Sir George Pocock engages the French fleet of Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché indecisively near Madras”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Gondelour entre la France et le Royaume-Uni”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “морское сражение у Куддалора”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page