Siege of Coimbatore

Siege of Coimbatore
Part of the Third Anglo-Mysore War
Date May – 2 November 1791 Location Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India 11°00′03″N76°57′48″E / 11.00083°N 76.96333°E / 11.00083; 76.96333 Status Mysorean victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Mysore	East India Company   Travancore
Commanders and leaders
Tipu Sultan	John Chalmers  (POW)
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	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 Travancorean 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