Several European battle and expedition figures establish that force sizes varied widely across the war. The comparison then turns to the second Battle of Calcutta, where a Mughal and French-backed force of roughly 40,000 faced about 1,800 British, sepoy, and allied troops. The British side won this second action after losing the first battle for the city. The numbers make the conflict's colonial land warfare difficult to dismiss as a handful of minor incidents.
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Battlefield scale from Europe to Calcutta
Force totals from several European battles and the fighting around Calcutta challenge the idea that the Seven Years' War consisted of minor overseas skirmishes.