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HISTORICAL CHRONICLE, 



place lately ftrengthened, and 

 cbnliderably improved by Tip- 

 poo. Colonel Hartley inflant- 

 I.y purfued him thither ; and on 

 the night previous to the arri- 

 val of the detachment, he again 

 fled, carrying with him, on ele- 

 phants, all the treafure of the 

 place. 



The remainder of the gatri- 

 fon, conlifting of 1500 men, 

 laid down their arms, on the 

 appearance of our troop?, who 

 then took polTcflion of the fort, 

 guns, &c. 



One of the moft pkafing cir- 

 cumftances attending this cajj- 

 ture is the relief of Cornet Ri- 

 doiit, who was taken by fome 

 Moplas, on his paflage from 

 Cochin to Tellicherry. 



Baypore, a fea-port, wasalfo 

 taken, witli a conliderable num- 

 ber of vcfTels and Iwats lying in 

 the adjoining river. 



The Princefs Royal has alfo 

 brought letters from General 

 Abcicrombie, dated at Canna- 

 iiore, 4th of January, dating, 

 ♦♦ that having learned that the 

 Bibby (or Queen) of Canna- 

 fiore had declared againft the 

 Englifli, he took the field a- 

 gainft her with 3000 Britifh 

 troops, and 2000 auxiliaries ; 

 had attacked a fortified camp, 

 which covered her country, 

 forced it, and taken 5000 of 

 Tippoo's troops, and had after- 

 wards taken Cannanore and 

 other fortified places in the 

 Bibby's country, with 68 pieces 

 of cannon, 5000 ftand of arms, 

 and a large quantity of flores, 

 &c. 



The difpatches by the Prin- 

 cefs Royal alio ftate, that Col. 



Hartley having received orders 

 to join Major- General Aber- 

 crombie, he was preparing fo 

 to do, and expedted to enter 

 the Myfore country, aad will 

 probably proceed againft Bed- 

 nore, as he will have 5000 Bri- 

 tifh troops, befides auxiliaries ; 

 which will make the third Bri- 

 tifii aiTiiy Tippoo will have to 

 encounter, befides thofe of the 

 Nizam and the Mahrattas ; the 

 firft of which has near loooj 

 and the latter 4000 Britiih 

 troops in their refpedtivearmies. 

 Colonel Fredeiick had joined 

 the Mahrattas, and they were 

 proceeding to the fouthward. 



The Governor General was 

 arrived at Madras. 



General Meadows was ftill 

 before Paliacatcherry. 



Allum Shaw, the Great Mo- 

 gul, who was difpolTefled of 

 his throne and fight by Goo- 

 laum Khader Khan, one of the 

 Rohilla chiefs, in September 

 I; 88, and who has firce been 

 in confinement at Delhi, died 

 in December 1790, 90 years 

 old. This Monarch afforded a 

 wonderful inftance of the muta- 

 bility of human affairs : When 

 he afcended the throne of Del- 

 hi, his revenue amounted to 

 upwards of 6o,ooo,oool. per 

 ann. and at the time of his de- 

 ceafe, his allowance from Ma- 

 dajee Scindia did not exceed 

 1500 rupees per month. 



Madajce Scindia, who is the 

 molt powerful of the Mahratta 

 chiefs, has long been the moft 

 faithful and friendly of our Afi- 

 atic allies. Bv the expulfion of 

 the ufurper Goolaum Khader 

 Khan, he had greatly increaf- 



