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
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
Biographies
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
George Harris (1746-1829)
James Stuart (1741-1815)
Tippoo Sultan (1753-1799)
Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852)
External Links
Historical books Online
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
Other
Mysore Wars Heritage History
Anglo-Mysore Wars Wikipedia
4th Mysore War 1798-99 Wikipedia
Macquarie University 'Seringapatam 1799' project
Historical maps on-line
Joppen Historical Maps - India 1795 www.columbia.edu