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<div style="column-count20,071 fighting men under [http:2;//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harris,_1st_Baron_Harris Lt-moz-column-countGen George Harris]<br>'''CAVALRY'''<br>[http:2;//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Floyd,_1st_Baronet Maj-webkit-column-countGen Sir John Floyd] commanding<br />'''1st Brigade''' under [http:2">//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stevenson_(East_India_Company_officer) Col James Stevenson]*[[19th Lancers|19th Light Dragoons]]*[[12th Regiment of Foot1st Madras Lancers|1st Madras Native Cavalry]]*[[19th Light Dragoons4th Madras Native Cavalry]]<br /> '''2nd Brigade''' under [http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#PATER Col John Pater]
*[[33rd Regiment of Foot]]
*[[73rd Regiment of Foot]]
*[[74th Regiment of Foot]]
*[[94th Regiment of Foot]]
*[[De Meuron Regiment|de Meuron Regiment]]
*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|Bengal (European) Regiment]]
*[[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|Madras (European) Regiment]]
*[[61st Madras Pioneers|1st Madras Native Infantry]]
*[[62nd Punjab Regiment|2nd Madras Native Infantry]]
*[[1st Madras Lancers|1st Madras Native Cavalry]]
=====Macquarie University 'Seringapatam 1799' project=====
*[http://www.library.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam Seringapatam 1799: letters and journals of Major Lachlan Macquarie in India] Main page
*[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/chronology.html Chronology]
===== Historical maps on-line =====
[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/colonial/joppenlate1700s/joppenlate1700s.html#1795 Joppen Historical Maps - India 1795] www.columbia.edu
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{{War|name=4th Mysore War |dates=1798-99 |image= |combatant1=[[East India Company]] |combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore Kingdom of Mysore] |result=British victory<br> Mysore became a princely state of British India<br> Coimbatore, North Kanara, and South Kanara ceded to the British |category=[[:Category:4th Mysore War |4th Mysore War]] }}
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== 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 [[Tipu Sultan ]] was killed, more territory was ceded to the British and Mysore became a [[Princely states|princely state]] of British India.
== Bombay Army ==
''6,420 fighting men under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stuart_[James Stuart (British_Army_officer1741-1815) |Lt- Gen James Stuart]]''
*Detachment of [[Bombay European Foot Artillery|Bombay Artillery]]<br>
:[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/bombay.html#LAWMAN Lt-Col George A Lawman ] (510)
*Detachment of Engineers<br>
:[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/bombay.html#SARTORIUS Lt-Col J C Sartorius ] and [http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/bombay.html#MONCRIEFFE Capt B Moncrieffe ] (423)<br />
'''Right Brigade'''<br>
:[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/bombay.html#MONTRESOR Lt-Col John Montresor ] commanding
*[[3rd Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry|1st Btn 2nd Bombay Native Infantry]] (653)
*[[7th Regiment of Bombay Infantry (Pioneers)|1st Btn 4th Bombay Native Infantry]] (672)
*[[5th Regiment of Bombay Light Infantry|3rd Bombay Native Infantry]] (663)<br>
'''Centre Brigade'''<br>
[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/bombay.html#DUNLOP Lt-Col James Dunlop ] commanding
*[[75th Regiment of Foot]] (233)
*[[1st Bombay (European) Fusiliers|HEIC European Regiment of Foot]] (528)
*[[77th Regiment of Foot]] (693)<br>
'''Left Brigade'''<br>
[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/bombay.html#WISEMAN Lt-Col John Wiseman ] commanding
*[[6th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry|2nd Btn 3rd Regiment Native Infantry]] (717)
*[[2nd (Prince of Wales's Own) Regiment of Bombay Infantry (Grenadiers)|1st Btn 5th Regiment Native Infantry]] (663)
== Grand Army ==
*[[22nd Light Dragoons|25th Light Dragoons]]
*[[2nd Madras Native Cavalry]]
*[[3rd Madras Native Cavalry]]
'''INFANTRY'''<br>'''Right Wing'''<br />[http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#BRIDGES Maj-Gen Thomas Bridges] commanding<br />'''1st Brigade''' under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_David_Baird,_1st_Baronet Maj-Gen David Baird]*[[4th 12th Regiment of Foot]]*[[74th Regiment of Foot]]*[[94th Regiment of Foot]]<br /> '''3rd Brigade''' under [http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#GOWDIE Col Francis Gowdie]<br />*[[61st Madras Pioneers|1st Btn 1st Madras Native CavalryInfantry]]*[[Madras Sappers and Miners66th Punjab Regiment|1st Btn 6th Madras PioneersNative Infantry]]*[[83rd (Wallajahbad) Light Infantry|1st Btn 12th Madras ArtilleryNative Infantry]]<br /> '''5th Brigade''' under [http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#ROBERTS Col George Roberts]<br />*[[1st 8th Regiment of Bengal Madras Native Infantry|1st Bengal Btn 8th Madras Native Infantry]]*[[73rd Carnatic Infantry|2nd Btn 3rd Madras Native Infantry]]*[[84th Punjab Regiment|2nd Btn 12th Madras Native Infantry]]<br /> '''Left Wing'''<br />[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/340/mode/1up/search/Popham Maj-Gen William Popham] commanding<br />'''2nd Brigade''' under [http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#SHERBROOKE Col John Sherbrooke]*[[73rd Regiment of Foot]]*[[33rd Regiment of Foot]] (Col [[Arthur Wellesley]] commanding)*[[De Meuron Regiment|de Meuron Regiment]]<br /> '''4th Brigade''' under [http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#GARDINER Lt-Col John Gardiner]*1st Bengal Volunteer Infantry*2nd Bengal Native Volunteer Infantry*3rd Bengal Volunteer Infantry<br /> '''6th Brigade''' under [http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#s Lt-Col Thomas Scott]*[[76th Punjab Regiment|2nd Bengal Btn 5th Madras Native Infantry]]*[[Bengal Artillery71st Coorg Rifles|2nd Btn 5th Madras Native Infantry]]<br /> '''ENGINEERS & PIONEERS'''<br>1,000 men under [http:/div/www.lib.mq.edu.au/digital/seringapatam/grand.html#GENT Col William Gent]<br>* European officers and NCOs with Madras Native Pioneers '''ARTILLERY'''<br>*Two companies Bengal Artillery*1st Battalion Madras Artillery*2nd Battalion Madras Artillery
==Related articles ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/445/mode/1up Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852)]<br>
== External Links links ======Historical books on-lineonline====*[https://archive.org/details/pli.kerala.rare.11817/page/n1 ''A view of the origin and conduct of the war with Tippoo Sultaun''] by Lt.Col. Alexander Beatson. 1800. Archive.org. Mirror of a file at Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online. [https://archive.org/details/dli.venugopal.870/page/n3/mode/2up 2nd file] Archive.org, K.K. Venugopal Collection.*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_otNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Narrative sketches of the conquest of the Mysore, effected by the British troops and their allies, May 4, 1799. With notes, descriptive and explanatory. Collected from authentic materials''] 1800 Google Books*[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=PA356 page 356] 1798*[http://www.archive.org/stream/mysoregazetteerv035381mbp#page/n235/mode/2up ''Mysore Gazetteer Volume 2 Part 4: Historical, Modern Period''] c 1930. Archiv.org. The Fourth Mysore War commences page 2631, (digital page 235)*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=e9gRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA15 "Journal of the Campaign of 1799 in India"]. An Account from January to May 1799 by an Officer of the [[22nd Light Dragoons|25th Light Dragoons]]. ''The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine 1838 Part 3'', page 15. Google Books*[https://archive.org/stream/memoirsandcorre00knolgoog#page/n98/mode/2up Battle of Malavelly and the capture of Seringapatam] page 76 ''Memoirs and correspondence of Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, Volume I'' [Stapleton Cotton] by the Right Hon Mary, Vicountess Combermere and Capt W W Knollys 1866 Archive.org. The account is stated to be taken from a journal kept by Patrick Ross, a Captain in Colonel Cotton's regiment, the 25th Light Dragoons.*Catalogue reference at the British Library [https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/67d1e5b4-a56c-4aa6-a6e9-3f735f2e0bee Fourth Mysore War IOR/H/255] refers to many entries in "State Papers" in ''Asiatic Annual Register, 1799''. There were two different 1799 editions::[http://books.google.com/books?id=xxcYAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Asiatic Annual Register'' 1799] [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=xxcYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR21 Contents]; and [http://books.google.com/books?id=YiQoAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1799, 2nd edition], [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=YiQoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR25 Contents] Google Books.*Fiction**[https://archive.org/details/sharpestiger00bern ''Sharpe's Tiger : Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam, 1799''] by Bernard Cornwell 1999. [https://archive.org/details/sharpestigerrich00bern 2nd file] 1999. [https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780061012693/page/n3 3rd file] 2005. All Archive.org Lending Library.*:Recommended on the [[Fiction and poetry reading list]]*:[http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/07/indian-adventure.html Seringapatam 1] and [http://bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com/2010/06/indis-sharpes-tiger-siege-seringapatam.html Seringapatam 2]. bernardcornwellbookgroup.blogspot.com
====Other====
*[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] Wikipedia<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Anglo-Mysore_War 4th Mysore War 1798-99] Wikipedia<br>=====Macquarie University 'Seringapatam 1799' project=====*[https://www.mq.edu.au/macquarie-archive/seringapatam/ Seringapatam 1799: letters and journals of Major Lachlan Macquarie in India] Main page*[https://www.mq.edu.au/macquarie-archive/seringapatam/chronology.html Chronology] ===== Historical maps online =====*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00maplinks/colonial/joppenlate1700s/joppenlate1700s.html#1795 Joppen Historical Maps - India 1795] www.columbia.edu {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
[[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Mysore War, 4th]]
[[Category:4th Mysore War| 4th Mysore War]]
[[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Mysore War, 4th]]
