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|combatant1=[[East India Company]] | |combatant1=[[East India Company]] | ||
|combatant2=Mysore | |combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore Kingdom of Mysore] | ||
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis Lord Cornwallis] | |commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis Lord Cornwallis] | ||
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan Tipu Sultan] | |commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan Tipu Sultan] | ||
|strength1=[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ol0BAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA146&dq=Seringapatam+1792+Cornwallis&as_brr=3&ei=9EidSPW1GpzwigHhjb37BA#PPA146,M1 List of troops] | |strength1=22,000 British & Native troops<br>86 guns<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ol0BAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA146&dq=Seringapatam+1792+Cornwallis&as_brr=3&ei=9EidSPW1GpzwigHhjb37BA#PPA146,M1 List of troops] | ||
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|casualties1= | |casualties1=350 | ||
|casualties2= | |casualties2= 20,000 | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ol0BAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA147&dq=Seringapatam+1792+Cornwallis&as_brr=3&ei=9EidSPW1GpzwigHhjb37BA#PPA147,M1 Google Books - Cornwallis' Despatches] | [http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Heritage History - Mysore Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ol0BAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA147&dq=Seringapatam+1792+Cornwallis&as_brr=3&ei=9EidSPW1GpzwigHhjb37BA#PPA147,M1 Google Books - Cornwallis' Despatches] | ||
Revision as of 18:02, 21 September 2008
| Siege of Seringapatam 1792 | ||
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| Part of 3rd Mysore War | ||
| Date: | February-March 1792 | |
| Location: | Srirangapatnam, Karnataka | |
| Presidency: | Madras | |
| Co-ordinates: | 12.418346°N 76.695989°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Kingdom of Mysore | |
| Commanders | ||
| Lord Cornwallis | Tipu Sultan | |
| Strength | ||
| 22,000 British & Native troops 86 guns List of troops |
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| Casualties | ||
| 350 | 20,000 | |
External Links
Heritage History - Mysore Wars
Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars
Google Books - Cornwallis' Despatches