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, tuaHy out of my power to force 

 him to rifk an acSion ; and on 

 the night of the affault he re- 

 tired, in great hafte, from the 

 fouth lide of the fortrefs, where 

 he was then pofted, immediate- 

 ly upon his being acquainted 

 with ifs fall. After giving 

 fome repairs to the breaches, 

 maicing a number of neceflary 

 arrangements, and leaving the 

 train of heavy artillery to be 

 refitted during my abfence, I 

 moved from Bangalore on the 

 aSth, with the delign of fecur- 

 ing a fafe and fpeedy junction 

 with a larjre body of cavalry 

 that the Nizam had promifed 

 to fend me, and receiving a re- 

 inforcement of troops and a 

 fupply of provifions and ftores, 

 which I had fome time before 

 ordered to be in readinefs to 

 join me, by the way of Am- 

 boor, from the Carnatic, con- 

 fidering thofe as neceflary pre- 

 liminary meafures for enabling 

 me to proceed to the attack of 

 Seringapatam ; and I, at the 

 fame time, communicated my 

 intentions to General Aber- 

 cromby, ar.d direfted him to 

 ufe every exertion in his power, 

 that might be confiftent with 

 the fafety of the corps under 

 his command, to prepare him- 

 felf in the manner that I pre- 

 fcribed, to give me effectual 

 afliftance wlien I fliould reach 

 the enemy's capital, 



* Tippoo having made a move- 

 ment to the weft ward on the 

 fame day that 1 marched from, 

 the neighbourhood of Banga- 

 lore, I fell in with his rear at 

 the diftance of about 8 cr 9 

 miles from that place ; but, 

 Jrom the want of a fufficient 



body of cavalry, it was found 

 imprafticable, after a purfuit of 

 confiderable length, either to 

 bring him to adion, or to gain 

 any advantage over him, ex- 

 cept that of taking one brafs 

 gun, which, owing to its car- 

 riage breaking down, he was 

 obliged to leave upon the road. 



' My firft objeft being to 

 form a jundion with the Ni- 

 zam's cavalry, I made fuch 

 movements, or took fuch pofi- 

 tions, asl knew would effeiftu- 

 ally prevent Tippoo from inter- 

 cepting them, or even from dif- 

 turbing their march ; but, al- 

 though I was at great pains to 

 point out the fafety of the 

 march to Rajah Teigewunt, 

 and to encour;fge him to pro- 

 ceed, the effects of my recom- 

 mendations and requefts were 

 but flow ; and, after wafte of 

 time, which at this late feafon 

 of the year was invaluable, and 

 which almoft exhaufted my 

 patience, the junction was not 

 made till the 13th inft. 



' It is not eafy to afcertain 

 the number of the corps with 

 precifion, but I fuppofe it to 

 amount to 15 or 16,000 horfe ; 

 and though they are extreme- 

 ly defeftive in almoft every 

 point pf military difcipline ; yet, 

 as the men are in general well 

 mounted, and the chiefs have 

 given me the ftrongeft aiTuran- 

 ces of their difpofition to do 

 every thing in their power to 

 promote the fuccffs of our ope- 

 rations, I am in great hopes 

 that we fliall derive material 

 advantage from their afliftance. 



' This jundtion being accom- 

 pliflied, 1 marched on to effedl 

 my next objeift. without lofs of 



