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== Grand Army ==
== Grand Army ==
<div style="column-count:2;-moz-column-count:2;-webkit-column-count:2">
20,071 fighting men under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harris,_1st_Baron_Harris Lt-Gen George Harris]<br>
*[[12th Regiment of Foot]]
'''CAVALRY'''<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Floyd,_1st_Baronet Maj-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]]
*[[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|25th Light Dragoons]]
*[[22nd Light Dragoons|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 />
'''Right Wing''' under [http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#GOWDIE Col Francis Gowdie]
*[[33rd Regiment of Foot]]
*[[33rd Regiment of Foot]]
*[[73rd Regiment of Foot]]
*[[73rd Regiment of Foot]]
*[[74th Regiment of Foot]]
 
*[[94th Regiment of Foot]]
 
*[[De Meuron Regiment|de Meuron Regiment]]
*[[De Meuron Regiment|de Meuron Regiment]]
*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|Bengal (European) Regiment]]
*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|Bengal (European) Regiment]]
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*[[61st Madras Pioneers|1st Madras Native Infantry]]
*[[61st Madras Pioneers|1st Madras Native Infantry]]
*[[62nd Punjab Regiment|2nd Madras Native Infantry]]
*[[62nd Punjab Regiment|2nd Madras Native Infantry]]
*[[1st Madras Lancers|1st Madras Native Cavalry]]
 
*[[2nd Madras Native Cavalry]]
 
*[[3rd Madras Native Cavalry]]
 
*[[4th Madras Native Cavalry]]
 
*[[Madras Sappers and Miners|Madras Pioneers]]
*[[Madras Sappers and Miners|Madras Pioneers]]
*[[Madras Artillery]]
*[[Madras Artillery]]

Revision as of 16:59, 6 November 2010

4th Mysore War
1798-99
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location:
Combatants:
East India Company Kingdom of Mysore
Result: British victory
Mysore became a princely state of British India
Coimbatore, North Kanara, and South Kanara ceded to the British
Medals:
Links:
Category: 4th Mysore War
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4th Mysore War
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The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798-99) was between Tipu Sultan ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore and the Madras Presidency of the British East India Company.

Summary

When Napoleon landed in Egypt, the British decided to eliminate Mysore, the French ally in India. They laid siege to and finally stormed Seringapatam. Tipoo Sultan was killed, more territory was ceded to the British and Mysore became a princely state of British India.

Bombay Army

6,420 fighting men under Lt- Gen James Stuart

Lt-Col George A Lawman (510)
  • Detachment of Engineers
Lt-Col J C Sartorius and Capt B Moncrieffe (423)

Right Brigade

Lt-Col John Montresor commanding

Centre Brigade
Lt-Col James Dunlop commanding

Left Brigade
Lt-Col John Wiseman commanding

Grand Army

20,071 fighting men under Lt-Gen George Harris
CAVALRY
Maj-Gen Sir John Floyd commanding
1st Brigade under Col James Stevenson

2nd Brigade under Col John Pater

INFANTRY
Right Wing
Maj-Gen Thomas Bridges commanding
1st Brigade under Maj-Gen David Baird

Right Wing under Col Francis Gowdie





Related articles

For further details of events during this period see the following articles

Battle of Sedaseer 6 March 1799
Battle of Mallavelly 27 March 1799
Battle of Sultanpettah Tope 4 May 1799
Battle of Seringapatam 4 May 1799
Battle of Conagul 10 September 1800

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
David Baird (1757-18229)
John Floyd (1748-18218)
George Harris (1746-1829)
James Stuart (1741-1815)
Tippoo Sultan (1753-1799)
Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852)

External Links

Historical books on-line

Other

Mysore Wars Heritage History
Anglo-Mysore Wars Wikipedia
4th Mysore War 1798-99 Wikipedia
Seringapatam 1 and Seringapatam 2. bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com (see also the Fiction and poetry reading list for Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe book series)

Macquarie University 'Seringapatam 1799' project
Historical maps on-line

Joppen Historical Maps - India 1795 www.columbia.edu