The siege of Ambur (10 November – 7 December 1767) was conducted by a combined force of Mysorean and Hyderabadi troops under the command of Hyder Ali against the town of Ambur in southern India during the First Anglo-Mysore War. The town was successfully defended by a garrison of local troops and a small force of British East India Company troops under the command of Captain Calvert.[1]

Siege of Ambur
Date10 Nov. – 7 Dec. 1767
Location
Ambur , Tamil Nadu, India
12°47′N 78°42′E / 12.78°N 78.7°E / 12.78; 78.7
Result Local troops and East India Company
Belligerents

East India Company

  • Local troops
 Mysore state
Commanders and leaders
Captain Calvert Hyder Ali

References

  1. ↑ Naravane, M.S. (2014). Battles of the Honorourable East India Company. A.P.H. Publishing Corporation. p. 173. ISBN 9788131300343.


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