4th Mysore War
Summary
| 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.
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
- Detachment of Engineers
Right Brigade
Centre Brigade
Left Brigade
Grand Army
- 12th Regiment of Foot
- 19th Light Dragoons
- 25th Light Dragoons
- 33rd Regiment of Foot
- 73rd Regiment of Foot
- 74th Regiment of Foot
- 94th Regiment of Foot
- de Meuron Regiment
- Bengal (European) Regiment
- Madras (European) Regiment
- 1st Madras Native Infantry
- 2nd Madras Native Infantry
- 1st Madras Native Cavalry
- 2nd Madras Native Cavalry
- 3rd Madras Native Cavalry
- 4th Madras Native Cavalry
- Madras Pioneers
- Madras Artillery
- 1st Bengal Native Infantry
- 2nd Bengal Native Infantry
- Bengal Artillery
External Links
Mysore Wars Heritage History
Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars Wikipedia
4th Mysore War 1798-99 Wikipedia
Seringapatam 1799
Robin Walsh's Macquarie University web site
Seringapatam 1799: letters and journals of Lachlan Macquarie in India.
http://www.library.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam
Chronology www.lib.mq.edu.au
Historical maps on-line
Joppen Historical Maps - India 1795 www.columbia.edu