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|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Anglo-Mysore_War [3rd Mysore War]]|date=67-21 March 179112 December 1790|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore BangaloreTirurangadi Tirurangadi, Tamil NaduKozhikode, Kerala] |presidency=[[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]] |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=1211.908001043283,7775.64101946123&z=1012&t=h&hl=en 1211.908001°N 77043283°N 75.641010°E946123°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Mysore|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cornwallis,_1st_Marquess_Cornwallis Lord CornwallisKingdom_of_Mysore Kingdom of Mysore]|commander2commander1=[http://enwww.wikipediaoxforddnb.orgcom/index/wiki101012497/Tipu_Sultan Tipu SultanCol James Hartley] |commander2=Martab Khan<br>Hussein Ali Khan|strength1= 1 European (75th Highland) Regiment<br>2 Battalions of sepoys<br>Field artilllery|strength2= 5000 Tippu's troops<br>4000 Mapillas|casualties1= 52 killed |casualties2= 1000 killed and wounded<br>2,400 prisoners
}}
This was a series of engagements south of [[Calicut]] at Venkatakotta (7 December), Tirurangadi (10 December) and Ferokh & Beypore (12 December). The main battle was at Tirurangadi. There is a detailed description in the ''Malabar Manual'' on pages 472 & 473. <sup>(1)</sup>
== Hartley's Detachment ==
*[[75th Regiment of Foot|HM 75th Regiment]]
*Native Grenadier Battalion
*7 coys 7th Battalion
*500 Travancore Horse
*Battalion of Travancore Sepoys
*Body of Irregular Nairs
*10 guns
== Biographies==
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/192/mode/2up Dictionary of Indian Biography - James Hartley 1743-1799] archive.org
*[http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=4387758 Portrait and Biographical Information on James Hartley] Christies.com auctioneers
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars]<br>[http://wwwen.heritagewikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Anglo-Mysore_War Wikipedia -history.com3rd Mysore War]<br>[http:/www/heritagebooks.phpgoogle.co.uk/books?Dirid=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=warsPA176&FileNamedq=wars_mysore.php Heritage History Calicut=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA176,M1 Calicut - Mysore WarsGazetteer 1857] == Recommended Reading ==Malabar Manual by William Logan 1887 ISBN 8120604469 (Limited Preview at link in Notes Section) == Notes ==<sup>1 <br/sup>[http://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=Pr4aeiuz4IMC9mR2QXrVEJIC&pg=PA62RA1-PA472&dq=Bangalore%22malabar+manual%22+%22hartley%22&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&eif=pIOoR_LHNI3WzASOssDPDw#PPA64false ''Malabar Manual by William Logan'' Pages 472 ff] books.google.com [[Category:Battles|Calicut 1790, Battle of]][[Category:Campaign of 1790|Calicut 1790, Battle of]][[Category:3rd Mysore War|Calicut 1790,M1 Google Books - Capture Battle of Bangalore]]
