Siege of Cuddalore

Siege of Cuddalore
Part of the Second Anglo-Mysore War
Drawing of the action by Richard Simkin, 1890
Date 7 June – 25 July 1783 Location Cuddalore, Carnatic (present-day southeastern India) 11°45′N 79°45′E / 11.75°N 79.75°E / 11.75; 79.75 Result Indecisive (ended by peace agreement)
Belligerents
Great Britain British East India Company Hanover	Sultanate of Mysore  France
Commanders and leaders
James Stuart Edward Hughes Christoph August von Wangenheim	Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau Bailli de Suffren Sayed Sahib
Strength
12,000[1]	9,000[1]
Casualties and losses
1,500[1]	1,100[1]

The siege of Cuddalore was a siege attempt by British troops against a combined French and Mysorean garrison at the fortress of Cuddalore in the Second Anglo-Mysore War. The siege ended when news arrived of a preliminary peace treaty between France and Britain.