Siege of Seringapatam

Quand

5 avr. 1799 – 4 mai 1799

Type

Siège

Coordonnées

12.42° N, 76.69° E

Description

1799 siege

Mysorean-British battle

The siege of Seringapatam was the final confrontation of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore led by Tipu Sultan who ruled after the death of his father. The British, with the allied Nizam Ali Khan, 2nd Nizam of Hyderabad and Maratha Empire, achieved a decisive victory after breaching the walls of the fortress at Seringapatam and storming the citadel.

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