Imagine yourself to be a newspaper correspondent reporting on the battle of Seringapatam. Write an article
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The Siege of Seringapatam (5 April – 4 May 1799) was the final confrontation of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore. The British, with the allied Nizam of Hyderabad and Maratha, achieved a decisive victory after breaching the walls of the fortress at Seringapatam and storming the citadel. Tipu Sultan, Mysore's ruler, was killed in the action. The British restored the Wodeyar dynasty to the throne after the victory, but retained indirect control of the kingdom. The leader of the British troops was Major General David Baird.
Opposing forces
The battle consisted of a series of encounters around Seringapatam (the anglicised version of Srirangapatnam) in the months of April and May 1799, between the combined forces of the British East India Company and their allies, numbering over 50,000 soldiers in all, and the soldiers of the Kingdom of Mysore, ruled by Tipu Sultan, numbering up to 30,000. The Fourth Anglo-Mysore War came to an end with the defeat and death of Tipu Sultan in the battle.
British troop composition
When the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War broke out, the British assembled two large columns under General George Harris. The first consisted of over 26,000 British East India Company troops, 4,000 of whom were European while the rest were local Indian sepoys. The second column was supplied by the Nizam of Hyderabad, and consisted of ten battalions and over 16,000 cavalry. Together, the allied force numbered over 50,000 soldiers. Tipu's forces had been depleted by the Third Anglo-Mysore War and the consequent loss of half his kingdom, but he still probably had up to 30,000 soldiers.[citation needed]
The British forces consisted of the following:[2]
19th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
25th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons
12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot
33rd (1st Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot
73rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot
74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot
75th (Highland) Regiment of Foot
77th Regiment of Foot
Scotch Brigade [later 94th Regiment]
Regiment de Meuron (Swiss mercenaries in British pay)
The Indian (sepoy) forces consisted of the following:[2][3]
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