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Battle of Chingleput
The
Battle
of
Chingleput
was a
short
siege
in early
1752
, during the
Second Carnatic War
. About
700
British East India Company
recruits
and
sepoys
under the
command
of
Robert Clive
captured
the
fortress
of Chingleput, near
Madras
, defended by a
French East India Company
garrison
of about
40
Europeans
and
500
troops
.