Battle of Pollilur

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Pollilur
partof=Second Anglo-Mysore War


caption=Mural of the Battle of Pollilur on the walls of Tippu's summer palace, painted to celebrate his triumph over the British.]
date=1780,
place=Kanchipuram, India
result=Tipu Sultan's victory
combatant1= Army of the East India Company
combatant2=‎ Kingdom of Mysore
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commander2=
strength1=approx. 4,000
strength2=approx. 10,000
casualties1=160 Europeans killed and local sepoys killed was very high
casualties2=? killed
[http://www.nationalgalleries.org/tipu/tipu311.htm]

The Battle of Pollilur took place in 1780 at Pollilur near the city of Kanchipuram in present-day Tamil Nadu state, India. It was waged between Tipu Sultan, (also known as the Tiger of Mysore), and Col William Baille of the East India Company. The army of the East India Company was virtually wiped out, this was the first and serious blow that the British had encountered in India [http://www.tipusultan.org/wars2.htm#2] ; Baille and many of his officers were captured and taken to Tipu Sultan's capital, Srirangapattana. Sir Hector Munro, the victor at the Battle of Buxar, where he defeated three rulers of India (Mughal Emperor Shah Alam, Oudh Nawab Shuja-ud-daula and the Bengal Nawab Mir Qasim) retreated to St. Thomas Mount, abandoning his artillery in the pool of Conjeevaram temple.