Talk:Siege of Madras

Latest comment: 2 years ago by Wendigo Lake in topic Who was in charge of the British defense?

Who was in charge of the British defense? edit

This article speaks of William Draper as commanding on the British side, but another source (https://archive.org/details/stringerlawrence00biddrich/page/102/mode/2up?view=theater) claims that the governor, Pigot, and the council had control, although they deferred militarily to Stringer Lawrence, the senior officer in India at the time. Draper's newly-arrived 79th Regiment made up 900 of the 1600 Europeans in the garrison. Could someone with more expertise correct me or the text? Wendigo Lake (talk) 14:08, 23 December 2021 (UTC)Reply