4th Mysore War
| 4th Mysore War | |
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| 1798-99 | |
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| 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 | |
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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
- Detachment of Bombay Artillery
- 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
- 1st Btn 2nd Bombay Native Infantry (653)
- 1st Btn 4th Bombay Native Infantry (672)
- 3rd Bombay Native Infantry (663)
Centre Brigade
Lt-Col James Dunlop commanding
- 75th Regiment of Foot (233)
- HEIC European Regiment of Foot (528)
- 77th Regiment of Foot (693)
Left Brigade
Lt-Col John Wiseman commanding
- 2nd Btn 3rd Regiment Native Infantry (717)
- 1st Btn 5th Regiment Native Infantry (663)
- 2nd Btn 2nd Regiment Native Infantry (675)
- Pioneer Corps
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
- de Meuron Regiment
- Bengal (European) Regiment
- Madras (European) Regiment
- 1st Madras Native Infantry
- 2nd Madras Native Infantry
- Madras Pioneers
- Madras Artillery
- 1st Bengal Native Infantry
- 2nd Bengal Native Infantry
- Bengal Artillery
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
- 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 356 1798
- Mysore Gazetteer Volume 2 Part 4:Historical, Modern Period c 1930. The Fourth Mysore War commences page 2631, ( computer page 235)
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