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| conflict = Battle of Arakere
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| partof = [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]]
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| date = {{start date and age|1791|05|15|df=y}}<ref name=Naravane>{{Cite book |last=Naravane |first=M.S. |title=Battles of the Honourable East India Company |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |year=2014 |isbn=9788131300343 |pages=172–181}}</ref>
| place = [[Arakere]]<ref name=Naravane>{{Cite book |last=Naravane |first=M.S. |title=Battles of the Honourable East India Company |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |year=2014 |isbn=9788131300343 |pages=172–181}}</ref>
| coordinates = {{Coord|12|49|38|N|76|53|34|E|display=inline,title}}
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| map_caption = Location within [[Karnataka]]
| map_label = Arakere
| territory = British attack repulsed. British forces retreat towards [[Bangalore]]. [[Tipu Sultan]] successfully defends [[Seringapatam]].<ref name=Naravane>{{Cite book |last=Naravane |first=M.S. |title=Battles of the Honourable East India Company |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |year=2014 |isbn=9788131300343 |pages=172–181}}</ref>
| result = Mysore victory<ref name=Naravane>{{Cite book |last=Naravane |first=M.S. |title=Battles of the Honourable East India Company |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |year=2014 |isbn=9788131300343 |pages=172–181}}</ref>
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| combatant1 = {{flag|Kingdom of Mysore}}
| combatant2 = [[File:Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg|23px]] [[East India Company]]
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| commander1 = [[Tipu Sultan]]
| commander2 = [[Charles Cornwallis]]
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The '''Battle of Arakere''' was a battle fought near the [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysorean]] capital city of [[Seringapatam]] on 15 May 1791 during the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]]. An army led by [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis|Charles, Earl Cornwallis]] consisting of [[British East India Company]] and [[British Army]] forces, along with allied forces from the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]], arrived near Seringapatam, and sought a crossing of the [[Kaveri River]] near the village of [[Arakere]]. [[Tipu Sultan]], Mysore's ruler, had established a defensive line there, and Cornwallis, in an attack begun early on 15 May, drove Tipu from his position. Tipu retreated into Seringapatam; Cornwallis, whose army was running out of food, fought Tipu's forces and were defeated in a decisive battle. The British forces then retreated to [[Bangalore]] after the battle.<ref name=Naravane>{{Cite book |last=Naravane |first=M.S. |title=Battles of the Honourable East India Company |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |year=2014 |isbn=9788131300343 |pages=172–181}}</ref>

==References==
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*[https://books.google.com/books?id=BlkIAAAAQAAJ&lr=&pg=PA208#v=onepage&f=false ''History of the Madras Army'', Volume 2]
*{{cite book|title=A history of the British army, Volume 3|first=John William|last=Fortescue|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1GlKAAAAYAAJ&dq=seringapatam+February&pg=PA586|publisher=Macmillan|year=1902}}
*Marshman, John Clark (1863). [https://books.google.com/books?id=OHcIAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22lines%20of%20travancore%22%201789&lr=&pg=PA461#v=onepage&q=%22lines%20of%20travancore%22%201789&f=false ''The history of India'']

[[Category:Conflicts in 1791|Arakere]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Kingdom of Mysore|Arakere 1791]]
[[Category:Battles involving the British East India Company|Arakere 1791]]
[[Category:Battles of the Third Anglo-Mysore War|Arakere 1791]]
[[Category:Military history of British India|Arakere]]
[[Category:1791 in India]]

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