Siege of Tiracol

Siege of Tiracol
	Part of Novas Conquistas
	; The Portuguese-built Tiracol Fort.
Date	1746
Location	Tiracol, Goa
Result	Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire	Maratha Empire Sawantwadi State;
Commanders and leaders
Dom Pedro Miguel de Almeida Portugal e Vasconcelos Colonel Pierrepont; Fleet general António de Figueiredo e Utra;	Ramachandra Savant I Bhonsle
Strength
27 vessels ; 2 ships of the line; 5 palas; 20 smaller vessels; 3,690 men.; 1,000 infantry; 300 caçadores; 90 horsemen; 2,300 sepoys;	200 men
Casualties and losses
500 – 600 dead.	50+ killed

The Battle of Tiracol was a military engagement between Portuguese forces under the command of the Viceroy of India Dom Pedro Miguel de Almeida Portugal e Vasconcelos against the Bhonsles at Tiracol.^[3] It was part of the Novas Conquistas or "New Conquests" campaigns.

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^ Meirelles, 1747, p.39.
^ E. Rehatsek: Historical Sketch of Portuguese India in The Calcutta Review Volume 73, 1881, p.341.