HISTORY
BATTLE AND WAR
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Dutch and British
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Portuguese and British
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French and British
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Portuguese and Spanish
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Detailed explanation-1: -Battle of Wandiwash, (Jan. 22, 1760), in the history of India, a confrontation between the French, under the comte de Lally, and the British, under Sir Eyre Coote. It was the decisive battle in the Anglo-French struggle in southern India during the Seven Years’ War (1756–63).
Detailed explanation-2: -The Battle of Wandiwash was a battle in India between the French and the British in 1760.
Detailed explanation-3: -In January 1760, the British, led by Eyre Coote, defeated the French forces under Thomas-Arthur, Comte de Lally, at Vandavasi in the present-day Tiruvannamalai district and established their supremacy in India. The battle also helped to vanquish the native powers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Complete answer: The French were defeated in the battle of Wandiwash during the third Carnatic war. Count de Lally was the French General at that time and Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote was the British general.
Detailed explanation-5: -The French forces in south were led by Comte De Lally. The British forces under Sir Eyre Coote, defeated the French in the Battle of Wandiwash in January 1760 and besieged Pondicherry.