Hi/lorical Chronicle. 



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Lordfyilp'shigheft approbation ; 

 to which he delires to add, 

 that he thinks himfelf much 

 obliged to Lieutenant Colonel 

 Giels for the able manner in 

 which he diredted the fire dur- 

 ing the day of the aift. 



' Lord Cornwallis is fo well 

 acquainted with the ardour 

 that pen-ades the whole army, 

 that he would have been happy 

 if it had been prafticable to 

 have allowed every corps to 

 have participated in the glory 

 of the enterprize of laft night ; 

 but it muft be obvious to all, 

 that in forming a difpofition 

 for the affault, a certain por- 

 tion of the troops could only 

 be e:Tip!oyed. 



' The conducft of all the regi- 

 ments which happened in their 

 tour to be upon duty that 

 evening, did credit, in every re- 

 fpedt, to their fpirit and dif- 

 cipline ; but his Lordihip de- 

 lires to offer the tribute of his 

 particular a&d warmeft praife 

 to the European grenadiers and 

 light infantry of the army, and 

 to the 56th, 72d, and 76th re- 

 giments, who led the attack, 

 and carried the fortrefs, and 

 who, by their behaviour on that 

 occalion, furnilhed a confpicu- 

 ous proof, that difcip'.ined va- 

 lour in foidicrs, when direfted 

 by zeal and capacity in officers, 

 is irrefiftible. 



« The adtivity and good con- 

 duct of Lieutenant-Colonel 

 Maxwell, in the command of 

 the Pettah for feveral days pre- 

 vious to the afTault of the fort, 

 was, in every refpeit, highly 

 rommendablc ; but his Lord- 

 ihip defircs that he will accept 

 cf his particular thanks for the 



judicious arrangements which 

 he made for the aflault which 

 was committed to his diredion, 

 and for the gallantry which he 

 difplayed in the exectition of 

 them. 

 ' He likewifereturnshis warm- 

 eft acknowledgments to Ma- 

 jor Skelly, who undertook the 

 command of the corps that 

 commenced the attack of the 

 breach, and who, by animat- 

 ing them by his own example, 

 contributed efieniially to our 

 important fuccefs. 



' Lieutenant Colonel Stuart 

 may be aflured that Lord Corn- 

 wallis will ever retsin the moft 

 grateful remembrance of the 

 valuable and fteady fupport 

 which that oiTicer affords him, 

 by his military experience and 

 conftant exertions to promote 

 the public fervice ; and al- 

 though his Lordihip is unwil- 

 ling to off<;nd General Mea- 

 dows's delicacy, by attempt- 

 ing to exprefs his full fenfe of 

 the able and friendly affiftance 

 which he unitoimly experien- 

 ces from him, he cannot avoid 

 declaring, that it has made an 

 imprcflioii on his mind that 

 can never be effaced." 



The following letters paffed 

 betwixt Lord Cornwallis and 

 Tippoo Saltan : 



From Tippoo Sultan. 



Received March 27. 1791. 



" Some time ago your Lord- 

 fnipdefired that feveral matters 

 fhould be replied to in writing, 

 and fcnt to you. I embrace 

 this opportunity of writing, 

 that in matters of great impor- 

 tance the fecrets of the heart 

 cannot be known but by the 

 verbal communication of a per- 



