Siege of Coimbatore

Siege of Coimbatore
Part of Third Anglo-Mysore War
Date May 1791 Location Coimbatore Status Mysore victory
Belligerents
Mysore	East India Company   Travancore
Commanders and leaders
Tipu Sultan	John Chalmers (POW)
Strength
~Unknown~	~Unknown~
Casualties and losses
	Entire garrison captured

The siege of Coimbatore was a siege conducted by forces of the Kingdom of Mysore against a garrison of British East India Company and Travancore troops holding the fortress at Coimbatore in southern India during the Third Anglo-Mysore War. ^[1] The siege began in May 1791, and several men trying to storm the fort were repulsed on 11 June, after which the garrison of Lieutenant John Chalmers was reinforced, and a larger Mysorean force was brought against it. The garrison eventually surrendered on 2 November. Tipu Sultan broke the terms of the surrender, and held the garrison's commanding officers prisoner. ^[2]

References

1. Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 177. ISBN   9788131300343.
2. Fortescue, John William (1902). A history of the British army, Volume 3. Macmillan.

• Mill, James. A history of British India, Volume 5

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