3rd Mysore War

3rd Mysore War
1789-92
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
Location:
Combatants:
East India Company	Kingdom of Mysore
Result: British victory Malabar, Salem, Bellary, and Anantapur were ceded to Madras Presidency
Medals: Mysore Campaign 1790-92
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Category: 3rd Mysore War

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	See our interactive map of the Campaign of 1791-92 locations and routes on Google Maps

Summary

The Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789–92) was between Tipu Sultan ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore and the Madras Presidency of the British East India Company. Tipu invaded Travancore on 29 December 1789 and Lord Cornwallis declared the opening of hostilities on 27 January 1790.

General William Medows was appointed to command the British forces but waged an ineffectual campaign in 1790 eventually being recalled to Madras. Cornwallis took control of the Company forces in January 1791 fighting a series of actions culminating in the Siege of Seringapatam. The Treaty of Seringapatam on 18 March 1792 arranged the payment of £3 million by Tipu and the ceding of Malabar and Palghat to the Company.

Actions

Campaign of 1790

• Dec 1789 - Battle of Calicut 1789
• Mar 1790 - Battle of Sattimungulum
• Mar 1790 - Battle of Shawoor
• Dec 1790 - Battle of Calicut 1790
  

Campaign of 1791-92

• Mar 1791 - Battle of Bangalore - The Storming of Bangalore Pettah and the capture of Bangalore Fort
• May 1791 - Battle of Arikera
• Jun to Nov 1791 - Siege of Coimbatore
• Oct 1791 - Siege of Nandidrug
• Dec 1791 - Siege of Savandroog
• Dec 1791 - Battle of Ootradroog
• Feb to Mar 1792 - Siege of Seringapatam

Regiments

Regiments that saw significant action during the 3rd Mysore War:

• 19th Light Dragoons - this article contains a detailed description of the regiment's involvement as well as wider context
• 36th Regiment of Foot

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
John Chalmers (1756-1818)
Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805)
John Floyd (1748-1818)
James Hartley (1745-1799)
William Medows (1738-1813)
David Price (1762-1835)
James Stuart (1741-1815)
Tippoo Sultan (1753-1799)

External Links

War chronology Google Books
Mysore Wars Heritage History
Anglo-Mysore Wars Wikipedia
3rd Mysore War 1789-92 Wikipedia
Map illustrating the 4 Mysore Wars Joppen Maps

Historical books Online

• Memoirs of the early life and service of a field officer on the retired list of the Indian army by Major David Price 1839 Google Books (service from 1780). page 178 1790
• The military history of the Madras engineers and pioneers, from 1743 up to the present time, Volume 1, page 213 by Henry Meredith Vibart 1881 Archive.org
• Select views in Mysore, the country of Tippoo Sultan: from drawings taken on the spot by Robert Home 1808 (first published 1794) Google Books.
  • Monuments erected to the memory of those brave officers who fell at the taking of Bangalore, View of the Burial Ground at Bangalore
• Memoir of the late Lieut.-Colonel Richard Scott (From his Private Journals) from The Naval and Military Magazine Volumes 1, 2 and 3 1827-1828 Google Books and Archive.org

Part 1– Appointed 1768, Part 2- Sir Eyre Coote's Campaigns of 1781, 1782, and 1783, Part 3- Campaigns in India –includes General Stuart's Operations; General Goddard's March; and the Proceedings of the Bombay Army and its Government, Part 4- includes Popham’s Capture of Gwalior; General Goddard’s Operations, Campaigns of Lord Cornwallis, Siege of Bangalore, Part 5 March to Seringapatum

"Lieutenant -Colonel Richard Scott" from The East India Military Calendar: Containing the Services of General and Field Officers of the Indian Army, Volume 1, page 315 by by John Philippart 1823 Google Books

• Mysore Gazetteer Volume 2 Part 4:Historical, Modern Period c 1930. The Third Mysore War commences page 2586, ( computer page 191)