Siege of Seringapatam (1799)

Siege of Seringapatam
Part of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
The Last Effort and Fall of Tippoo Sultan by Henry Singleton
Date 5 April – 4 May 1799 Location Seringapatam, Kingdom of Mysore 12°25′26.3″N 76°41′25.04″E / 12.423972°N 76.6902889°E / 12.423972; 76.6902889Coordinates: 12°25′26.3″N 76°41′25.04″E / 12.423972°N 76.6902889°E / 12.423972; 76.6902889 Result Decisive British-Hyderabad victory
Belligerents
British East India Company Hyderabad	Mysore
Commanders and leaders
Lieutenant General George Harris Ali Khan, Nizam of Hyderabad Major General David Baird Colonel Arthur Wellesley	Tipu Sultan † Mir Golam Hussain Mohomed Hulleen Mir Miran Mir Sadiq (defector)  †
Strength
50,000	30,000
Casualties and losses
1,400	6,000

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, 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 battle consisted of a series of encounters around Seringapatam (the anglicized 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.

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.

The British forces consisted of the following:

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