44 



EASTERN II I N D O O S T A N. 



Eattlei. On the fame ftage, a little more expanded, our ^^reat com- 



mander exhaufted all the fine mancsuvrcs of war againft Jyder 

 Mi, a native general of the higheft abilities, prudence, and 

 perfeverance. They contefted for the field of honor in not lefs 



^ than fovar battles, and in each the Brit'ipj general was viitorioiis. 



The firll was on AiiguJ}- 27th, 1781, near to the great pagoda 

 Conjeveram, on the very fpot where the flaughtered remains 

 of the little army under Colonel Eaillie, whetted the rage of our 

 foldiers to revenge their cruel deaths by the remorfelefs Jyder, 

 on September 9th, 1780 '•'••. The humanity of Lally preferved 

 the few furvivors from deftruiftion. Our army kept the field ; 

 but Ayder mifi:ook this contelf for a vidtory. 



At the pafs of Shillangitr \\as another, on September 27, at- 

 tended with great lofs to the Myforean prince. Night, in the 

 midft of vi6lory, interrupted the completion. 



Vellore. The third was on January 13th, 1782. The forts on the 



fummits of the rude hills of Vellore, a little weft oi Arcot, w^ere 

 about that time hard preflTed by Ayder. It was necefl^ary that 

 they fnould be relieved. The adive Coote, at this time worn 

 with fatigues, and nearly expiring, rallied ftrength enough to 

 be carried in a palanquin. He marched, beat Ayder, and flung 

 the convoy into the diftreffed ^^/-/T/bwi in the face oi Ayder and 

 all his army. 



A^j,£g^ The laft may be called the battle of Arnee. It took place 



on 'June 2d, 1782. Ayder had lodged in that tort his vaft 

 treafures and ftores. Coote began to move on the important 

 enterprize, but the fubtile T'ippoo, by a rapid march, carri>ed 



• Orme, ii. 580. 



away 



