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The '''Third Anglo-Mysore War (1789–92)''' was between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan [Tipu Sultan]] ruler of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysore_kingdom Kingdom of Mysore] and the [[Madras Presidency]] of the British [[East India Company]]. Tipu invaded [[Travancore]] on 29 December 1789 and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis%2C_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis [Charles Cornwallis|Lord Cornwallis]] declared the opening of hostilities on 27 January 1790.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Medows General William Medows] was appointed to command the British forces but waged an ineffectual campaign in 1790 eventually being recalled to Madras. Cornwallis took control of the Company forces in January 1791 fighting a series of action actions culminating in the [[Siege of Seringapatam1792|Siege of Seringapatam]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Seringapatam Treaty of Seringapatam ] on 18 March 1792 arranged the payment of £3 million by Tipu and the ceding of [[Malabar]] and [[Palghat]] to the Company.

*[[19th Lancers|19th Light Dragoons]] - this article contains a [[19th Light DragoonsLancers#3rd Mysore War|detailed description]] of the 19th LDregiment's involvement, as well as wider context

== External Links ==Historical books online====*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.285213/mode/2up ''The Marches of the British Armies in the Peninsula of India, during the campaigns of 1790 and 1791; illustrated and explained by reference to a map''] by Major Rennell 1792 Archive.org. [http://books.google.com/books?id=0eBbAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover Google Books edition] missing maps.*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gppeAAAAcAAJ&pg=Historical PP13 ''Narrative of the operations of the British Army in India, from the 21st April to the 16th July, 1791 : with a particular account of the action on the 15th of May, near Seringapatam''] London : printed for W. Faden, 1792. Google Books. Also available [https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_narrative-of-the-operati_1792/mode/2up Archive.org] (digitised microfilm).*[http://books.google.com/books Online=?id=ouRCAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''A narrative of the campaign in India, which terminated the war with Tippoo Sultan in 1792''] by Major Alexander Dirom 1793 Google Books*''A Sketch of the War with Tippoo Sultaun: or A Detail of Military Operations from the Commencement Of Hostilities At The Lines Of Travancore In December 1789, Until The Peace Concluded Before Seringapatam In February 1792'' by Roderick Mackenzie, Lieut. 52d Regiment. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.173188/page/n1 Volume I] 1799; [https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.7140/page/n5 Volume II] 1794, [https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.7143/page/n3 Volume II] 1799. Archive.org. Mirror files of one file from Digital Library of India, and two files from DSpace at West Bengal State Central Library.*[http://books.google.com/books?id=jIUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''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). [http://books.google.com/books?id=jIUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA178 page 178] 1790 *[http://www.archive.org/stream/militaryhistoryo01viba#page/212/mode/2up ''The military history of the Madras engineers and pioneers, from 1743 up to the present time, Volume 1''], page 213 by Henry Meredith Vibart 1881 Archive.org*''Select views in Mysore, the country of Tippoo Sultan: from drawings taken on the spot'' by Robert Home 1808 (first published 1794) Google Books. **[http://books.google.com/books?id=D1hKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP10 Monuments erected to the memory of those brave officers who fell at the taking of Bangalore], [http://books.google.com/books?id=OtherD1hKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP54 View of the Burial Ground at Bangalore]*''Memoir of the late Lieut.-Colonel Richard Scott (From his Private Journals)'' from ''The Naval and Military Magazine Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4'' 1827-1828 Google Books :[http://books.google.com/books?id=sIQEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA147 Part 1– Appointed 1768], [http://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=Es6x4u_g19UCsIQEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA27&dqPA382 Part 2- Sir Eyre Coote's Campaigns of 1781, 1782, and 1783], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=MysorehZoMAQAAMAAJ&as_brrpg=PA49 Part 3- Campaigns in India –includes General Stuart's Operations; General Goddard's March; and the Proceedings of the Bombay Army and its Government], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hZoMAQAAMAAJ&hlpg=en#PPA27PA396 Part 4- includes Popham’s Capture of Gwalior; General Goddard’s Operations, Campaigns of Lord Cornwallis,M1 War chronologySiege of Bangalore] Google Books<br>, [http://wwwbooks.heritage-historygoogle.com/wwwbooks?id=PYcEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA4 Part 5 March to Seringapatum], [http://heritagebooks.google.phpcom.au/books?Dirid=warsupkMAQAAMAAJ&FileNamepg=wars_mysore.php Mysore WarsPA12 Part 6] Heritage History <br>, [http://enbooks.wikipediagoogle.orgcom.au/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Anglo-Mysore Warsbooks?id=upkMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA353 Part 7] Wikipedia<br>:[http://enbooks.wikipediagoogle.orgcom/wiki/Third_Anglobooks?id=-Mysore_War 3rd Mysore War 1789EbRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA315 "Lieutenant -92Colonel Richard Scott"] Wikipedia<br>from ''The East India Military Calendar: Containing the Services of General and Field Officers of the Indian Army, Volume 1'', page 315 by by John Philippart 1823 Google Books*[http://www.columbiaarchive.eduorg/itcstream/mealacmysoregazetteerv035381mbp#page/pritchettn191/00maplinksmode/colonial2up ''Mysore Gazetteer Volume 2 Part 4: Historical, Modern Period''] c 1930. Archive.org. The Third Mysore War commences page 2586, (digital page 191)* ''English Records of Maratha History. Poona Residency Correspondence, Volume 3'' [https:/joppenlate1700s/joppenlate1700sarchive.html#mysore1784 Map illustrating the 4 Mysore Warsorg/details/dli.ministry.00172 ''The Allies’ War with Tipu Sultan, 1790-1793''] Joppen Mapsedited by Nirod Bhushan Ray 1937. Archive.org, Ministry Of Culture/ National Library of India Collection.