Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Trivadi (Seven Years' War).

Fought 1760, between 5,000 Mysoris, under Hyder Ali, and a British force of 230 European and 2,700 native troops, under Major Moore. Notwithstanding his inferior numbers, Moore attempted to prevent the junction of Hyder Ali with the French, and was totally defeated.