Cattle War

Cattle War
	; A view of Tranquebar
Date	19th of June - 6th of July, 1756
Location	Tranquebar11°1′45″N 79°50′58″E / 11.02917°N 79.84944°E
Result	Thanjvurian victory
Territorial; changes	Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
Danish India; French India	Thanjavur
Commanders and leaders
Hans Georg Krog; Castonier; Hesselberg †; Attrup †; De leyrit; Porcher	Pratap Singh; Perumal Naik; Manosiappa
Strength
137-147 Initially; 650 (French relief force) Total: c. 800	2000-4000 Cavalry ; 2000 men Total: 4000-6000
Casualties and losses
71 killed	Unknown

The Cattle War (Danish: Kvægkrigen) also commonly referred to as the Perumal War or the Perumal Naik-War (Danish: Perumalkrigen/Perumal Naik-krigen)^[3] was a colonial conflict between the Danish East India Company and the Thanjavur Maratha kingdom over the Danish governor Hans Georg Krog's expansionistic foreign policy. The conflict started over the raiding of Danish cattle by the local supervisor of a small land district, Perumal Naik.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Gregersen, Hans (2018). Trankebar [Tranquebar] (in Danish). Forlag A/S. pp. 12–13. ISBN 9788711978337.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cite error: The named reference Kay Larsen was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Larsen, Kay (1940). GUVERNØRER RESIDENTER, KOMMANDANTER OG CHEFER [GOVERNORS RESIDENTS, COMMANDERS AND CHIEFS] (in Danish). Copenhagen.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[:2-1] Gregersen, Hans (2018). Trankebar [Tranquebar] (in Danish). Forlag A/S. pp. 12–13. ISBN 9788711978337.

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[3] Larsen, Kay (1940). GUVERNØRER RESIDENTER, KOMMANDANTER OG CHEFER [GOVERNORS RESIDENTS, COMMANDERS AND CHIEFS] (in Danish). Copenhagen.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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