Siege of Pondicherry

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. British India was centred on the principal ports of Bombay, Madras and Calcutta, administered by the East India Company. French India was governed from Pondicherry on the Coromandel Coast. British forces in India were considerably stronger than the French, with the Presidency armies supported by British Army detachments and a Royal Navy squadron under Rear-Admiral William Cornwallis. Pondicherry's defenses were strong, but the garrison was too small to effectively man the walls, and although a French frigate squadron was stationed at the distant Île de France, it was unable to effectively protect the French Indian coast.

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1793 Siege of Pondicherry

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1693 Siege of Pondicherry

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1748 Siege of Pondicherry

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1748 Siege of Cuddalore

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1758 Battle of Cuddalore

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1759 Battle of Pondicherry

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1760 — 1761 Siege of Pondicherry

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1778 Siege of Pondicherry

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1782 Battle of Cuddalore (1782)

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1783 Siege of Cuddalore

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1783 Battle of Cuddalore

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1693	Siege of Pondicherry	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1748	Siege of Pondicherry	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1748	Siege of Cuddalore	battle, Kingdom of Great Britain	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1758	Battle of Cuddalore	France, Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1759	Battle of Pondicherry	France, Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1760	Siege of Pondicherry	Kingdom of Great Britain, siege, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1778	Siege of Pondicherry	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1782	Battle of Cuddalore (1782)	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1783	Siege of Cuddalore	East India Company, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Great Britain, siege, Electorate of Hanover, Kingdom of Mysore	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1783	Battle of Cuddalore	France, Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1793	Siege of Pondicherry	siege	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort St. David	Government of Tamil Nadu, fortress	Wikidata