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|conflict=Battle of Condore<br />
|partof=[[Seven Years' War]]<br />
|image=A large painting depicting the Battle of Condore in December 1758, during the Third Carnatic War, with East India Company troops under Colonel Forde engaged against French troops and their allies, South India, 19th Century.jpg<br />
|caption=South Indian painting depicting the Battle of Condore, probably mid-19th century<br />
|image_size = 300px<br />
|date= 9 December 1758<br />
|place=[[Konduru, G. Konduru mandal|Condore]], [[India]]<br />
|coordinates={{coord|16.1844|N|81.1349|E|source:wikidata|display=title,inline}}<br />
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|territory=<br />
| result=[[British East India Company|British]] victory<br />
| combatant1 = [[Image:Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg|23px]] [[British East India Company]]<br />
| combatant2 = [[File:Royal Standard of the King of France.svg|23px]] [[French Indies Company|French East India Company]]<br />
|commander1=Lt. Col. [[Francis Forde (army officer)|Francis Forde]]<br />
|commander2=Marquis de Conflans<br />
|strength1= 7,600 infantry <br /> 500 cavalry <br /> 6 cannon<!-- See external links --><br />
|strength2= 6,500 infantry <br /> 2,000 Native levies <br /> no cavalry <br /> at least 30 cannon<!-- See external links --><br />
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|campaignbox={{Campaignbox Seven Years' War: East Indies}}}}<br />
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The '''Battle of Condore''' took place near [[Machilipatnam|Masulipatam]] on 9 December 1758 during the [[Third Carnatic War]], part of the [[Seven Years' War]]. An Anglo-Indian force under the command of Colonel [[Francis Forde (army officer)|Francis Forde]] attacked and defeated a similarly sized French force under the command of [[Hubert de Brienne]], Comte de Conflans, capturing all their baggage and artillery. The victory allowed the British to [[Siege of Masulipatam|lay siege to Masulipatam]], which they stormed on 25 January 1759.<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}<br />
* Harvey, Robert. ''Clive: The Life and Death of a British Emperor''. Sceptre, 1999.<br />
* Henty, George Alfred. ''With Clive in India. Or, The Beginnings of an Empire''.<br />
* Keay, John. ''The Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company''. Harper Collins, 1993<br />
* McLynn, Frank. ''1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World''. Pimlico, 2005.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1758-12-09_-_Battle_of_Condore Battle of Condore] at Project SYW, a wiki on the Seven Years' War<br />
* [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Battle_of_Condore Battle of Condore] at [[Families In British India Society|FIBIS]] wiki<br />
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