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The Battle of Wandiwash 1760: How Britain Crushed France in India
In January 1760, on a dusty plain near the village of Wandiwash in Tamil Nadu, two armies met in a battle that would decide the fate of India for the next two centuries. The French commander, Comte de Lally, fresh from failures at Madras and failing supplies, faced the British under Sir Eyre Coote. This episode brings you into the heat of Wandiwash—the desperate French siege of the fort, the British relief column, and the decisive engagement where Coote's disciplined East India Company sepoys and redcoats shattered Lally's hopes. We explore the critical moments: why Lally took the…
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