Hyiorical Chronicle. 



WAR. IN INDIA. 



The Englifh army under the 

 command of the Governor Ge- 

 neral, Earl Cornwallis, in the 

 courfe ot.the month of Febru- 

 ary, efFtdled the paffage of the 

 Ghauts. — Thefe are high nnoun- 

 talns which furroimd the My- 

 i'ore kingdom, the dr>minions 

 of Tippoo Sultan. — His Lord- 

 liiip advanced with his whole 

 army, about 37,000 rrien, to- 

 wards the fortrefs of Banga- 

 lore, a very Itrong, eXtenfive, 

 and well fupplied poft, with a 

 numerous gartifon, \Ahere he 

 encamped on the 5th of March. 

 Tippoo tbllovved him wirh an 

 immenfe army, and took poft 

 about fix miles diftant, but only 

 fent out fome fmall bodies of 

 borfe to harrafs the march of 

 the Englilli. On the 7th of 

 March, his Lord/hip made an 

 affault on the Pettah or out- 

 works of the fortrefs, which he 

 carried with little lofs. — A re- 

 gular liege was begim againft 

 the fort. But Tippoo fhcv>'iiig 

 110 inclination to nflc a general 

 engagement to fave this poft, 

 his Lordlhip, finding the 

 army and followers coiifumcd 

 more forage and provifiou than 

 he expefted, rclblvcd to ftorm. 



The following particulars of 

 this importantentcrprifeare too 

 interefting to be omitted. 



On the 17th March the ene- 

 my finally drew oif his line, 

 which had for fome time kept up 

 a cannonade at a great diltance, 

 and moved parallel to the firft 

 line of Lord Cornwallis's army, 

 confifting of the left wing and 

 the rcferve ; but not without 

 fufiering confidurably from an 

 tighteeu pounder which open- 



ed on part of his line, thai 

 came within its range as he 

 was drawing off. 



The fiege was carried on 

 with unceafing vigour, till the 

 2ift, when, about eight in the 

 morning, it was obferved that 

 the enemy were approaching. 

 Our lines immediately turned 

 out : but it was foon found 

 that he had drawn up his line 

 on the oppofite fide of th« fort. 

 Our firft line remained drawn 

 up, to prevent any attack on 

 our baggage : and the fecond 

 under command of Col. Stuart/ 

 moved ofi'to attack the enemy : 

 but before he could arrive 

 within cannon-lhot, their whole 

 army retreated before him. 



Every nieafure had been ta- 

 ken that military genius and 

 experience could fuggeft, to fe- 

 ciire fecrefy as well as ftrength 

 to the tnterpiife. — The ftoroi 

 began at eleven at night, under 

 command of Lieut. Col. Max- 

 well'. 



The forlorn hope confifted 

 of thirty grenadiers, command- 

 ed by Lieutenants Evans and 

 Duncan. AH the European 

 grenadiers were of the ftorm. 

 The flank-companies advanced 

 according to feniority ; the 

 jdth, 72CI, and 76th regiments, 

 with two battalions of fepoys, 

 to clear the covered way. Ge- 

 neral Meadows led the grena- 

 diers, and mounted the breach 

 at their head. 



Nothing could exceed the 

 grandeur of the fpedacle. 

 The fplendour of the moon, 

 the glare of the blue lights 

 from the ramparts of the ene- 

 my, and the thoufand light- 

 ning-flafhes from all the g'liiw, 

 dazzled the eve with a new 



