Siege of Pondicherry (1748) 1748
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 29 April 1748 – 30 September 1748 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1748 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
| Era | Early modern (1500–1799) | derived from year |
| Location | India | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Asia | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | First Carnatic War | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 11.9300, 79.8300 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The siege of Pondicherry (August – October 1748) was conducted by British forces against a French East India Company garrison under the command of Governor-General Joseph François Dupleix at the Indian port of Pondicherry. The British siege strategy, conducted with inexperience in siege tactics by Admiral Edward Boscawen, was lifted with the arrival of monsoon rains, on 27 October 1748. The siege was the last major action of the First Carnatic War, as the Indian theatre of the War of the Austrian Succession is sometimes known.
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