Siege

Siege of Pondicherry

1 Aug 1793 – 23 Aug 1793 · 11.93° N, 79.83° E

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1 Aug 1793 – 23 Aug 1793
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Siege
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11.93° N, 79.83° E
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1793 siege of the French Revolutionary Wars

Siege of Pondicherry (1793)

Part of the French Revolutionary Wars

The siege of Pondicherry was a colonial military operation in the early stages of the French Revolutionary Wars. Britain and France both controlled colonies on the Indian subcontinent and when the French National Convention declared war on Britain on 1 February 1793, both sides were prepared for conflict in India.

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