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    The siege of Negapatam was the first major offensive military action on the Indian subcontinent following the arrival of news that war had been declared...
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    captain in Negapatam assumed virtually full authority. Between 1543 and 1642 the status of Negapatam was ambiguous, with the Portuguese de facto controlling...
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    handy to bring news of the outcome of the battle to Isle de France. The Battle of Negapatam ensued. The two fleets exchanged fire to over 4 hours, until...
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  • American Revolutionary War Siege of Yorktown (1781) – American Revolutionary War Siege of Negapatam (1781) – Fourth Anglo-Dutch War Siege of Brimstone Hill (1782)...
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    Bourdonnais and British Admiral Edward Peyton fought an indecisive action off Negapatam, after which the British fleet withdrew to Bengal. On 21 September 1746...
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    forced away from Negapatam by Braithwaite. The British took Negapatam after a three-week siege in October and November 1781. This setback forced Hyder to...
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    Anglo-Mysore War in the process. Negapatam was besieged and taken by Sir Hector Munro in November 1781. The French admiral the Bailli de Suffren was dispatched...
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    Peter Rainier (Royal Navy officer, born 1741) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Tiger he fought at the Battle of Cuddalore on 29 April, the Battle of Negapatam on 3 August, and in another engagement off the Coromandel Coast on 10...
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    conflicts Portuguese Negapatam R.S. Whiteway, (1899) Rise of Portuguese Power in India, p.224 Archived 14 July 2023 at the Wayback Machine De Souza, Teotonio...
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    governor of Negapatam, the principal outpost of the Dutch East India Company in India. He directed the unsuccessful defense of Negapatam against a British-led...
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