"besieged there in 1783" . . "Siege of Cuddalore" . . . "Great Britain" . "Bussy: 2,000 sepoys" . "Sultanate of Mysore" . . "1,660 Europeans" . "1783-07-25" . . . "9,430 sepoys" . . . . "1,000" . . "France" . . "battle of Cuddalore" . "Bussy: 2,500 Europeans" . "Siege of Cuddalore" . "Second Battle of Cuddalore" . . "United Kingdom" . "a British attack" . . "Kingdom of Mysore" . "siege of Cuddalore" . "Siege of Cuddalore (1783)" . . . . . . . . "5,800 Mysoreans" . "British East India Company" . . "Suffren: 2,400 marines" . "Hanover" . . . . . . "besieged Cuddalore" . "besieging Cuddalore" . . . "Mysore" . "*British East India Company" . "began preparing for a siege" . . "Indecisive (ended by peace agreement)" . .