Battle of Porto Novo

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The Battle of Porto Novo was a major 1781 engagement in the Second Anglo-Mysore War in which British forces under Sir Eyre Coote decisively checked Hyder Ali’s Mysore army on the southeastern coast of India.

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Battle of Porto Novo canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ
armedForce British Army ⓘ
Mysore army under Hyder Ali ⓘ
linked to: Mysore army
associatedPerson Eyre Coote ⓘ
Hyder Ali ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
Mysore ⓘ
linked to: Mysuru
belligerentSide British East India Company on British side ⓘ
Sultanate of Mysore on opposing side ⓘ
campaign Second Anglo-Mysore War coastal operations ⓘ
chronology mid-phase engagement of the Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
combatant British East India Company forces ⓘ
Mysore army ⓘ
commander Eyre Coote ⓘ
Hyder Ali ⓘ
commanderRole Eyre Coote commanded British and Company forces ⓘ
Hyder Ali commanded Mysore forces ⓘ
linked to: Hyder Ali
conflict Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
conflictType land battle ⓘ
country India ⓘ
date 1781-07-01 ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Pollilur (1781) ⓘ
Battle of Sholinghur ⓘ
forceComparison Mysore army numerically superior to British force ⓘ
geographicalContext near present-day Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu ⓘ
historicalPeriod Second Anglo-Mysore War period (1780–1784) ⓘ
location Porto Novo ⓘ
linked to: Porto-Novo

southeastern coast of India ⓘ
notableFor use of disciplined British infantry against Mysore cavalry and artillery ⓘ
outcome Mysore offensive checked ⓘ
partOf Second Anglo-Mysore War ⓘ
precededBy earlier Mysore advances on the Coromandel Coast ⓘ
primaryTactic defensive stand by British line against larger Mysore force ⓘ
region Coromandel Coast ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
significance decisive check on Hyder Ali’s advance on the Coromandel Coast ⓘ
strategicEffect helped secure British positions on the Coromandel Coast ⓘ
theatre Indian theatre of the American Revolutionary War era ⓘ
warTheatre Southern India ⓘ
linked to: South India
year 1781 ⓘ

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Mysore army → engagedInBattle → Battle of Porto Novo ⓘ
Battle of Porto Novo (1781) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Porto Novo ⓘ
Battle of Sholinghur → precededBy → Battle of Porto Novo ⓘ