The siege of Masulipatam was a British siege of the

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-held town of Masulipatam in India during the

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. The siege commenced on 6 March 1759 and lasted until the storming of the town by the British on the 7 April. The British were commanded by Colonel Francis Forde while the French defenders were under the command of Conflans. The British taking of the town helped relieve the

Siege of Madras The siege of Madras was a siege of Madras, which was then under British Raj, British rule, between December 1758 and February 1759 by France, French forces under the command of Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally, Comte de Lally during the Seven Yea ...

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