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{{WarWhen Napoleon landed in Egypt, the British decided to eliminate Mysore, the French ally in India. They laid siege to and finally stormed [[Seringapatam]]. [[Tipu Sultan]] was killed, more territory was ceded to the British and Mysore became a [[Princely states|nameprincely state]] of British India.  == Bombay Army ==''6,420 fighting men under [[James Stuart (1741-1815)|Lt-Gen James Stuart]]''*Detachment of [[Bombay European Foot Artillery|Bombay Artillery]]<br>:[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/bombay.html#LAWMAN Lt-Col George A Lawman] (510)*Detachment of Engineers<br>:[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/bombay.html#SARTORIUS Lt-Col J C Sartorius] and [http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/bombay.html#MONCRIEFFE Capt B Moncrieffe] (423)<br />'''Right Brigade'''<br>:[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/bombay.html#MONTRESOR Lt-Col John Montresor] commanding*[[3rd Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry|1st Btn 2nd Bombay Native Infantry]] (653)*[[7th Regiment of Bombay Infantry (Pioneers)|1st Btn 4th Mysore War Bombay Native Infantry]] (672)*[[5th Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry|3rd Bombay Native Infantry]] (663)<br>'''Centre Brigade'''<br>[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/bombay.html#DUNLOP Lt-Col James Dunlop] commanding*[[75th Regiment of Foot]] (233)*[[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers|HEIC European Regiment of Foot]] (528)*[[77th Regiment of Foot]] (693)<br>'''Left Brigade'''<br>[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/bombay.html#WISEMAN Lt-Col John Wiseman] commanding*[[6th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry|2nd Btn 3rd Regiment Native Infantry]] (717)*[[2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Bombay Infantry (Grenadiers)|1st Btn 5th Regiment Native Infantry]] (663)*[[4th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry (Rifle Corps)|2nd Btn 2nd Regiment Native Infantry]] (675)*[[Bombay Sappers and Miners|datesPioneer Corps]] == Grand Army =1780=20,071 fighting men under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harris,_1st_Baron_Harris Lt-Gen George Harris]<br>'''CAVALRY'''<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Floyd,_1st_Baronet Maj-83 Gen Sir John Floyd] commanding<br />'''1st Brigade''' under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stevenson_(East_India_Company_officer) Col James Stevenson]*[[19th Lancers|19th Light Dragoons]]*[[1st Madras Lancers|1st Madras Native Cavalry]]*[[4th Madras Native Cavalry]]<br /> '''2nd Brigade''' under [http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#PATER Col John Pater]*[[22nd Light Dragoons|image= 25th Light Dragoons]]*[[2nd Madras Native Cavalry]]*[[3rd Madras Native Cavalry]] '''INFANTRY'''<br>'''Right Wing'''<br />[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#BRIDGES Maj-Gen Thomas Bridges] commanding<br />'''1st Brigade''' under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_David_Baird,_1st_Baronet Maj-Gen David Baird]*[[12th Regiment of Foot]]*[[74th Regiment of Foot]]*[[94th Regiment of Foot]]<br /> '''3rd Brigade''' under [http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#GOWDIE Col Francis Gowdie]<br />*[[61st Madras Pioneers|combatant1=1st Btn 1st Madras Native Infantry]]*[[East India Company66th Punjab Regiment|1st Btn 6th Madras Native Infantry]] *[[83rd (Wallajahbad) Light Infantry|combatant2=Kingdom 1st Btn 12th Madras Native Infantry]]<br /> '''5th Brigade''' under [http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#ROBERTS Col George Roberts]<br />*[[8th Regiment of Mysore Madras Native Infantry|1st Btn 8th Madras Native Infantry]]*[[73rd Carnatic Infantry|category=2nd Btn 3rd Madras Native Infantry]]*[[84th Punjab Regiment|2nd Btn 12th Madras Native Infantry]]<br /> '''Left Wing'''<br />[http:Category//www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/340/mode/1up/search/Popham Maj-Gen William Popham] commanding<br />'''2nd Brigade''' under [http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#SHERBROOKE Col John Sherbrooke]*[[73rd Regiment of Foot]]*[[33rd Regiment of Foot]] (Col [[Arthur Wellesley]] commanding)*[[De Meuron Regiment|de Meuron Regiment]]<br /> '''4th Mysore War Brigade''' under [http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#GARDINER Lt-Col John Gardiner]*1st Bengal Volunteer Infantry*2nd Bengal Volunteer Infantry*3rd Bengal Volunteer Infantry<br /> '''6th Brigade''' under [http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#s Lt-Col Thomas Scott]*[[76th Punjab Regiment|2nd Btn 5th Madras Native Infantry]]*[[71st Coorg Rifles|4th Mysore War2nd Btn 5th Madras Native Infantry]] }}<br /> '''ENGINEERS & PIONEERS'''<br>1,000 men under [http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#GENT Col William Gent]<br>* European officers and NCOs with Madras Native Pioneers '''ARTILLERY'''<br>*Two companies Bengal Artillery*1st Battalion Madras Artillery*2nd Battalion Madras Artillery ==Related articles ==For further details of events during this period see the following articles{{Battlemap||[[Battle of Sedaseer]]|6 March 1799|-|[[Battle of Mallavelly]]|27 March 1799|-|[[Battle of Sultanpettah Tope]]|4 May 1799|-|[[Battle of Seringapatam 1799|Battle of Seringapatam]]|4 May 1799|-|[[Battle of Conagul]]|10 September 1800|} == Biographies ==Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/22/mode/2up David Baird (1757-18229)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/148/mode/1up John Floyd (1748-18218)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/191/mode/1up George Harris (1746-1829)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/409/mode/1up James Stuart (1741-1815)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/424/mode/2up Tippoo Sultan (1753-1799)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/445/mode/1up Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852)]<br> == External links ======Historical books online====*[https://archive.org/details/pli.kerala.rare.11817/page/n1 ''A view of the origin and conduct of the warwith Tippoo Sultaun''] by Lt.Col. Alexander Beatson. 1800. Archive.org. Mirror of a file at Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online. [https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.870/page/n3/mode/2up 2nd file] Archive.org, K.K. Venugopal Collection.*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4th _otNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Narrative sketches of the conquest of the Mysore War |link, effected by the British troops and their allies, May 4, 1799. With notes, descriptive and explanatory. Collected from authentic materials''] 1800 Google Books*[http://books.google.com/books?id=jIUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''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). [http://mapsbooks.google.cocom/books?id=jIUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA356 page 356] 1798*[http://www.ukarchive.org/stream/mysoregazetteerv035381mbp#page/n235/mode/2up ''Mysore Gazetteer Volume 2 Part 4: Historical, Modern Period''] c 1930. Archiv.org. The Fourth Mysore War commences page 2631, (digital page 235)*[http://mapsbooks.google.com.au/msbooks?fid=qe9gRAAAAYAAJ&sourcepg=s_qPA15 "Journal of the Campaign of 1799 in India"]. An Account from January to May 1799 by an Officer of the [[22nd Light Dragoons|25th Light Dragoons]]. ''The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine 1838 Part 3'', page 15. Google Books*[https://archive.org/stream/memoirsandcorre00knolgoog#page/n98/mode/2up Battle of Malavelly and the capture of Seringapatam] page 76 ''Memoirs and correspondence of Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, Volume I'' [Stapleton Cotton] by the Right Hon Mary, Vicountess Combermere and Capt W W Knollys 1866 Archive.org. The account is stated to be taken from a journal kept by Patrick Ross, a Captain in Colonel Cotton's regiment, the 25th Light Dragoons.*Catalogue reference at the British Library [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/67d1e5b4-a56c-4aa6-a6e9-3f735f2e0bee Fourth Mysore War IOR/H/255] refers to many entries in "State Papers" in ''Asiatic Annual Register, 1799''. There were two different 1799 editions::[http://books.google.com/books?id=xxcYAAAAYAAJ&hlprintsec=en&geocodefrontcover ''Asiatic Annual Register'' 1799] [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=xxcYAAAAYAAJ&iepg=UTF8&msaPR21 Contents]; and [http://books.google.com/books?id=0YiQoAAAAYAAJ&msidprintsec=101241150585833319689frontcover 1799, 2nd edition], [https://books.google.com.00046f2443eb7d050bc60au/books?id=YiQoAAAAYAAJ&llpg=12PR25 Contents] Google Books.*[https://archive.997867org/details/dli.ministry.00024/mode/2up ''An Account of the Campaign in Mysore (1799)''] by Sir Alexander Allan ; edited by Nares Chandra Sinha; elsewhere stated to have been published 1912. Archive.org,77mirror from Ministry of Culture/National Library of India.012787&spn=8*Fiction**[https://archive.428347org/details/sharpestiger00bern ''Sharpe's Tiger : Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam,51799''] by Bernard Cornwell 1999. [https://archive.org/details/sharpestigerrich00bern 2nd file] 1999. [https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780061012693/page/n3 3rd file] 2005. All Archive.org Lending Library.*:Recommended on the [[Fiction and poetry reading list]]*:[http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/07/indian-adventure.339355&thtml Seringapatam 1] and [http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/06/indis-sharpes-tiger-siege-seringapatam.html Seringapatam 2]. bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com ====Other===p&z=7}}The Fourth Anglo*[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Mysore War (1798-99) was between Wars] Heritage History<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan Tipu SultanAnglo-Mysore_Wars Anglo-Mysore Wars] ruler of the Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysore_kingdom Kingdom of Fourth_Anglo-Mysore_War 4th MysoreWar 1798-99] Wikipedia<br>=====Macquarie University 'Seringapatam 1799' project=====*[https://www.mq.edu.au/macquarie-archive/seringapatam/ Seringapatam 1799: letters and the journals of Major Lachlan Macquarie in India] Main page*[[Madras Presidencyhttps://www.mq.edu.au/macquarie-archive/seringapatam/chronology.html Chronology]] of the British  ===== Historical maps online =====*[[East http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/colonial/joppenlate1700s/joppenlate1700s.html#1795 Joppen Historical Maps - India Company]1795]www.columbia.edu {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}