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Battle of Pollilur (1780)
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This article is about the 1780 battle. For the 1781 battle, see Battle of Pollilur (1781).
The Battle of Pollilur (a.k.a. Pullalur), also known as the Battle of Polilore or Battle of Perambakam, took place on 10 September 1780 at Pollilur near Conjeevaram, the city of Kanchipuram in present-day Tamil Nadu state, India, as part of the Second Anglo-Mysore War. It was fought between an army commanded by Tipu Sultan of the Kingdom of Mysore, and a British East India Company force led by William Baillie. The EIC force suffered a high number of casualties before surrendering. It was the worst loss the East India Company suffered on the subcontinent until Chillianwala. Benoît de Boigne, a French officer in the service of 6th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry, wrote, "There is not in India an example of a similar defeat".[4]
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Part of the Second Anglo-Mysore War | |||||||
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11,000[1] | 3,853[2] | ||||||
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2,016 killed 1,000 captured [3] |
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