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Madras, Siege of

Years: 1759 - 1759

The Siege of Madras is a siege of Madras, British India, between December 1758 and February 1759 by French forces under the command of Lally during the Seven Years' War.

The British garrison is able to hold out until it is relieved.

The British fire 26,554 cannonballs and more than 200,000 cartridge rounds in defense of the town.

The failure to take Madras is a huge disappointment for the French and a massive setback to their campaign in India, compounded by the later Battle of Wandiwash.

The British victory helps contribute to the Annus Mirabilis of 1759.

"History should be taught as the rise of civilization, and not as the history of this nation or that. It should be taught from the point of view of mankind as a whole, and not with undue emphasis on one's own country. Children should learn that every country has committed crimes and that most crimes were blunders. They should learn how mass hysteria can drive a whole nation into folly and into persecution of the few who are not swept away by the prevailing madness."

—Bertrand Russell, On Education (1926)