Difference between revisions of "Siege of Seringapatam 1792"

From FIBIwiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Add internal link)
m (remove broken link)
 
Line 20: Line 20:
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
[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]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Anglo-Mysore_War Wikipedia - 3rd Mysore War]<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]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srirangapatna Wikipedia - Srirangapatnam, Karnataka]
+
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Anglo-Mysore_War Wikipedia - 3rd Mysore War]<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]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srirangapatna Wikipedia - Srirangapatnam, Karnataka]
  
 
[[Category:Battles|Seringapatam 1792, Siege of]]
 
[[Category:Battles|Seringapatam 1792, Siege of]]
 
[[Category:Campaign of 1791-92|Seringapatam 1792, Siege of]]
 
[[Category:Campaign of 1791-92|Seringapatam 1792, Siege of]]
 
[[Category:3rd Mysore War|Seringapatam 1792, Siege of]]
 
[[Category:3rd Mysore War|Seringapatam 1792, Siege of]]

Latest revision as of 13:13, 13 March 2021

Siege of Seringapatam 1792
Part of 3rd Mysore War
Date: 7 February-18 March 1792
Location: Seringapatam, 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
Casualties
350 20,000
Battlemappic.gif See our interactive map of
3rd Mysore War
locations and routes on Google Maps

Cornwallis besieged Seringapatam from the 7th February 1792 until the Treaty of Seringaptam was agreed on the 18th March. During the siege actions occured at various locations including an attack on the post at Carigat Hill and the storming of the Eadgah Redoubt (or Bastion - part of the Seringapatam lines).

External Links

Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars
Wikipedia - 3rd Mysore War
Google Books - Cornwallis' Despatches
Wikipedia - Srirangapatnam, Karnataka