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The Kingdom of Mysore made alliance with the French who helped to train its army. This put it at odds with the British at Madras who agreed to help the Nizam of Hyderabad against his neighbours. The British defeated Mysore in every one of a series of engagements but the result was a treaty which restored the status quo ante.
== Biographies ==Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/212/mode/2up Hyder Ali (1717 or 22-1782)]<br>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/394/mode/1up Joseph Smith (1733?-1790)]<br>
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Es6x4u_g19UC&pg=PA19&dq=Mysore&as_brr=3&hl=en#PPA19,M1 War Chronology] Google Books<br>[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Mysore Wars] Heritage History<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Mysore_War Ist Mysore War 1766-69] Wikipedia<br>[http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/ind1792.html Map of India 1700-92] homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com<br>
