Battle of Chinsurah
The Battle of Chinsurah (also known as the Battle of Biderra) took place near Chinsurah, India on 25 November 1759 during the Seven Years' War between a force of British troops mainly of the British East India Company and a force of the Dutch East India Company which had been invited by the Nawab of Bengal Mir Jafar to help him eject the British and establish themselves as the leading commercial company in Bengal. Despite Britain and the Dutch Republic not formally being at war, the Dutch advanced up the Hooghly River. They met a mixed force of British and local troops at Chinsurah, just outside Calcutta. The British, under Colonel Francis Forde, defeated the Dutch, forcing them to withdraw. The British engaged and defeated the ships the Dutch used to deliver the troops in a separate naval
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Battle of Chinsurah
The Battle of Chinsurah (also known as the Battle of Biderra) took place near Chinsurah, India on 25 November 1759 during the Seven Years' War between a force of British troops mainly of the British East India Company and a force of the Dutch East India Company which had been invited by the Nawab of Bengal Mir Jafar to help him eject the British and establish themselves as the leading commercial company in Bengal. Despite Britain and the Dutch Republic not formally being at war, the Dutch advanced up the Hooghly River. They met a mixed force of British and local troops at Chinsurah, just outside Calcutta. The British, under Colonel Francis Forde, defeated the Dutch, forcing them to withdraw. The British engaged and defeated the ships the Dutch used to deliver the troops in a separate naval
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23pxBritish East India Company
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1759-11-25
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100 cavalry
150 Europeans (Chinsurah garrison)
200 local cavalry
3 naval vessels
300 European infantry
300 locals (Chinsurah garrison)
50 European cavalry
700 Europeans (arriving troops)
800 Malays (arriving troops)
800 local infantry
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Colonel Jean Baptiste Roussel
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La bataille de Chinsurah est l ...... ient en guerre officiellement.
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The Battle of Chinsurah (also ...... the troops in a separate naval
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Битва при Чинсуреа — сражение ...... в морском сражении 24 ноября.
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Bataille de Chinsurah
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Battle of Chinsurah
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Битва при Чинсуре
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