Battle of Porto Novo

When

1 Jul 1781

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

11.49° N, 79.77° E

Description

1781 battle

1781 battle

The Battle of Porto Novo was fought on 1 July 1781 between forces of the Kingdom of Mysore and British East India Company in the place called Porto Novo on the Indian subcontinent, during the Second Anglo-Mysore War. The British force, numbering more than 8,000 men under the command of Sir Eyre Coote defeated a force estimated at 40,000 under the command of Hyder Ali.

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