What the records say
- When
- 22 Jan 1760
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 12.50° N, 79.62° E
- Description
- 1760 battle in India during the Seven Years' War
Battle of Wandiwash
1760 battle of the Seven Years' War
The Battle of Wandiwash was a battle in India between the French and the British in 1760. The battle was part of the Third Carnatic War fought between the French and British colonial empires, which itself was a part of the global Seven Years' War. It took place at Vandavasi in Tamil Nadu.
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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 “Seven Years' War – Battle of Wandiwash, India: British general Sir Eyre Coote is victorious over the French under the Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le général britannique Coote défait les Français de Lally à la bataille de Wandiwash”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва под Вандиваше”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page