The Battle of Condore took place near

Masulipatam Machilipatnam (), also known as Masulipatnam and Bandar, is a city in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of Krishna district. It is also the mandal headquarte ...

on 9 December 1758 during the

Third Carnatic War The Carnatic Wars were a series of military conflicts in the middle of the 18th century in India's coastal Carnatic region, a dependency of Hyderabad State, India. Three Carnatic Wars were fought between 1744 and 1763. The conflicts involved ...

, part of the

Seven Years' War The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict that involved most of the European Great Powers, and was fought primarily in Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific. Other concurrent conflicts include the French and Indian War (1754 ...

. An Anglo-Indian force under the command of Colonel Francis Forde attacked and defeated a similarly sized French force under the command of

Hubert de Brienne Hubert de Brienne, Comte de Conflans (1690, in Paris – 27 January 1777, in Paris) was a French naval commander. Early life The son of Henri Jacob marquis de Conflans and Marie du Bouchet, at 15 he was made a knight of the Order of Saint ...

, Comte de Conflans, capturing all their baggage and artillery. The victory allowed the British to lay siege to Masulipatam, which they stormed on 25 January 1759.

Bibliography

* Harvey, Robert. ''Clive: The Life and Death of a British Emperor''. Sceptre, 1999. * Henty, George Alfred. ''With Clive in India. Or, The Beginnings of an Empire''. * Keay, John. ''The Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company''. Harper Collins, 1993 * McLynn, Frank. ''1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World''. Pimlico, 2005.

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