Battle of Wandiwash

Battle of Wandiwash
Part of Seven Years' War
The Vandavasi fort.
Date 22 January 1760 Location Vandavasi, Tamil Nadu, India 12°30′00″N 79°37′12″E / 12.5000°N 79.6200°E / 12.5000; 79.6200 Result British victory
Belligerents
British East India Company	French East India Company Maratha Empire
Commanders and leaders
Sir Eyre Coote	Comte de Lally
Strength
1,900 European infantry 2,100 Indian sepoys 80 European cavalry 250 Indian cavalry 26 guns	2,250 European infantry 1,300 Indian sepoys 300 European cavalry 3,000 Marathi infantry 16 guns
Wandiwash class=notpageimage| Location within Tamil Nadu Show map of Tamil Nadu Wandiwash Wandiwash (India) Show map of India

The Battle of Wandiwash was a battle in India between the French and the British in 1760. The battle was part of the Third Carnatic War fought between the French and British colonial empires, which itself was a part of the global Seven Years' War. It took place at Vandavasi (Wandiwash being the Anglicised pronunciation^[1]) in Tamil Nadu. Having made substantial gains in Bengal and Hyderabad, the British, after collecting a large amount of revenue, were fully equipped to face the French in Wandiwash, whom they defeated.