Siege of Vellore

Series of sieges during the Second Anglo-Mysore War at Vellore, in present-day Tamil Nadu

Siege of Vellore
Part of Second Anglo-Mysore War
Date1780 – 1782
(2 years)
Location
Vellore, Kingdom of Mysore
Result Ineffective; reduced to blockade.
Belligerents
British East India Company  Kingdom of Mysore
Commanders and leaders
Hyder Ali
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Second
Anglo-Mysore War
  • Thalassery,
  • Arcot
  • 1st Pollilur
  • Vellore
  • Porto Novo
  • 2nd Pollilur
  • Sholinghur
  • Negapatam
  • Hyderghur
  • Annagudi
  • Bednore
  • Cuddalore
  • Palghautcherry
  • Mangalore

The siege of Vellore was an intermittent series of sieges and blockades conducted during the Second Anglo-Mysore War by forces of the Kingdom of Mysore against a British East India Company garrison holding the fortress at Vellore, located in the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

First besieged in 1780, Mysore's ruler Hyder Ali eventually reduced the siege to a blockade due to the need for troops elsewhere. The blockade was ineffectively maintained until 1782 before being abandoned. The British successfully resupplied the garrison of Colonel Ross Lang four times.

References

  • Vibart, H. M (1881). The military history of the Madras engineers and pioneers, from 1743 up to the present time, Volume 1

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