Siege

Siege of Seringapatam

5 Feb 1792 – 18 Mar 1792 · 12.41° N, 76.70° E

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5 Feb 1792 – 18 Mar 1792
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Siege
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12.41° N, 76.70° E
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1792 siege

Siege of Seringapatam (1792)

1792 siege in Mysore, India

The 1792 siege of Seringapatam was a battle and siege of the Mysorean capital city of Seringapatam (Srirangapatna) at the end of the Third Anglo-Mysore War. An army led by Charles, Earl Cornwallis, consisting of British East India Company and British Army forces, along with allied forces from the Maratha Empire and the Nizam of Hyderabad, arrived at Seringapatam on 5 February 1792, and after over five weeks of battle…

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