The Travancore army marched forward under the command of the Dalawa Martanda Pillai. On arriving at Paravur, the Travancore commander on the advice of General de Lannoy decided upon a direct attack on Thrissur from two sides. For this purpose the army was grouped, in two divisions, one under Ayyappan Marthanda Pillai and the other under General de Lannoy. The plan was to make a converging attack on Thrissur, the Dalawa marching directly on it while the General was to capture Chetuva and attack it from the north. Thrissur was successfully occupied by Marthanda Pillai's force. The Zamorin's forces at Thrissur were caught within the blades of this scissors; but from this difficult position the ruler of Calicut extricated himself by ordering his garrison at Chetuva to fight desperate rearguard actions in which every inch of territory was resisted.[2] Though the Zamorin's force resisted obstinately for a time, still it was no match to General de Lannoy' s disciplined army and it was therefore compelled to retreating.[1]
Aftermathedit
The Calicut forces evacuated the Cochin Territory. Zamorin sued for peace and agreed to indemnify Travancore for the expenses of the war by paying the moderate sum of one hundred and fifty thousand rupees, promising perpetual friendship.[1]
^ abcShungoony Menon, P (1878). History of Travancore from the Earliest Times. Madras. p. 190.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ abcPanikkar, K.M (1931). Malabar And The Dutch. pp. 96–97.
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battle, thrissur, took, place, thrissur, 1763, between, forces, kingdom, travancore, zamorin, calicut, part, wars, involving, travancoredate1763, years, 1763, locationthrissur, indiaresulttravancore, victorybelligerentskingdom, travancorekingdom, calicutcomman. The Battle of Thrissur took place at Thrissur in 1763 between the forces of the Kingdom of Travancore and the Zamorin of Calicut 1 2 Battle of ThrissurPart of Wars involving TravancoreDate1763 261 years ago 1763 LocationThrissur IndiaResultTravancore VictoryBelligerentsKingdom of TravancoreKingdom of CalicutCommanders and leadersMarthanda Pillai Eustachius De LannoyZamorin Raja Contents 1 Prelude 2 The battle 3 Aftermath 4 See also 5 ReferencesPrelude editPaliath Achan of the Kingdom of Cochin and Maharaja Rama Varma of the Kingdom of Travancore made an alliance to drive out the Zamorin of Calicut from the territories belonging to the Raja of Kochi Kingdom of Cochin accepted to cede parts of these territories to Travancore after the conquest 2 The battle editThe Travancore army marched forward under the command of the Dalawa Martanda Pillai On arriving at Paravur the Travancore commander on the advice of General de Lannoy decided upon a direct attack on Thrissur from two sides For this purpose the army was grouped in two divisions one under Ayyappan Marthanda Pillai and the other under General de Lannoy The plan was to make a converging attack on Thrissur the Dalawa marching directly on it while the General was to capture Chetuva and attack it from the north Thrissur was successfully occupied by Marthanda Pillai s force The Zamorin s forces at Thrissur were caught within the blades of this scissors but from this difficult position the ruler of Calicut extricated himself by ordering his garrison at Chetuva to fight desperate rearguard actions in which every inch of territory was resisted 2 Though the Zamorin s force resisted obstinately for a time still it was no match to General de Lannoy s disciplined army and it was therefore compelled to retreating 1 Aftermath editThe Calicut forces evacuated the Cochin Territory Zamorin sued for peace and agreed to indemnify Travancore for the expenses of the war by paying the moderate sum of one hundred and fifty thousand rupees promising perpetual friendship 1 See also editBattle of Nedumkotta Siege of Chaliyam Battle of ColachelReferences edit a b c Shungoony Menon P 1878 History of Travancore from the Earliest Times Madras p 190 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link a b c Panikkar K M 1931 Malabar And The Dutch pp 96 97 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Battle of Thrissur amp oldid 1090036834, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
