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VOL.

XVI.

FROM MAY TO AUGUST INCLUSIVE, 1793.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, N°. 72, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.

M DCC XCIII.

A.SEB

Greve Scheil..

THE

ANALYTICAL REVIEW,

For MAY, 1793.

1

ART. I.

MILITARY AFFAIRS.

A Narrative of the Campaign in India, which terminated the War with Tippoo Sultan, in 1792. With Maps and Plans illuftrative of the Subject, and a View of Seringapatam. By Major Dirom, Deputy Adjutant General of his Majefty's Forces in India. I vol. 4to. 300 pages, and nine plates. Price 11. 1s. Faden. 1793. THE late war with Tippoo Sultan must be allowed to have been peculiarly interefting in its progrefs, and fortunate in its conclufion. We have already prefented our readers with fome of the outlines of the first two campaigns (See the Marches of the British Armies in the Pe ninfula of India during the Campaigns of 1790 and 1791 by major Rennel, Vol. XIII. Art. 111. p. 14.), and the prefent work is intended to contain a detail of the operations of our troops, during the laft and decifive one.

Part I. contains a narrative of the tranfactions and operations of the British army previous to the fiege of Seringapatam. In Chap. 1. we find the following defcription of an interview with the chiefs of our new allies, who joined lord Cornwallis foon after the retreat from before Tippoo's capital.

On the 28th of may, the army fell back a few miles from the capital towards Milgottah, where the Mahratta armies were to encamp; and to prevent difcuffion and delay on points of ceremony, lord Cornwallis propofed to meet the Mahratta chiefs next day, at tents to be pitched midway between the Mahratta and the British

camps.

Lord Cornwallis, accompanied by general Medows, their staff, and fome of the principal officers of the army, went to the tents at the hour appointed, which was one o'clock; but the chiefs, who confider precifion as inconfiftent with power and dignity, did not even leave their own camp till three, though repeated meffages were fent that his lordship waited for them. They at length mounted their elephants, and proceeding as flow and dignified in their pace as they had been dilatory in their preparation, approached the place of appointment at four o'clock, escorted by feveral corps of their infantry, a retinue of horse, and all the pageantry of eastern ftate.

The chiefs on defcending from their elephants, were met at the door of the tent by lord Cornwallis and general Medows, who enbraced them, and, after fome general converfation, retired to a private place in another tent.

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Hurry Punt, about fixty years of age, a bramin of the firft order, and the perfonage of greatest confequence, is faid to be the third in the fenate of the Mahratta ftate His figure is venerable, of middle ftature, and not corpulent; he is remarkably fair, his eyes grey, and his countenance of Roman form, full of thought and character.

Purferam Bhow, aged about forty, ftands high in military fame among the Mahrattas. He is an active man, of fmall ftature, rather dark in his complexion, with black eyes, and an open animated countenance, in which, and his mien, he feemed defirous to fhew his character of an intrepid warrior. His antipathy to Tippoo is faid to be extreme; for the fulan had put one of his brothers to death in a most eruel manner, and Hyder's conqueft to the northward fell chiefly upon the poffeffions of his family, which he lately recovered by the reduction of Darwar.

Hurry Punt was destined to be the chief negociator on the part of his nation; each commanded a feparate army, but the Bhow was to be employed more immediately in the active operations of the field. The chiefs themselves, and all the Mahrattas in their fuite, and indeed all their people, were remarkably plain, but neat, in their appearance. Mild in their afpect, humane in their difpofition, polite and unaffected in their addreis, they are diftinguished by obedience to their chiefs, and attachment to their country. There were not to be feen among them, thofe fantaftic figures in armour, fo common among the Mahommedans, in the Nizam's, or as they ftile themselves, the Mogul army; adventurers collected from every quarter of the caft, who priding themfelves on individual valour, think it beneath them to be useful but on the day of battle, and when that comes prove only the inefficacy of numbers, unconnected by any general principle of union or difcipline.

The Mahrattas of every rank feemed greatly rejoiced in having effected this junction, and confidered it as a happy omen, that this event fhould have taken place at Milgottah, a fpot fo renowned in their annals for the frgnal victory gained by Madharow in 1772, in which he completely routed and difperfed Hyder's army, and took all his cannon. Many of the chiefs and people who had ferved with that general, were now in thefe armies; but they had fince felt the fuperiority of the forces of the My fore, and were impreffed with fuch an idea of Tippoo's difcipline, and his abilities in the field, that they were not a little pleafed in having joined the British army, without having occafion to try their fortune fingly with the fultan. They all shewed great eagerness to hear the news, and to know the reason of our having burit our great guns. On being told of the victory of the 15th of may, and of the fubfequent neceffity of deftroying the battering train from want of provifions, and not knowing of their approach, they partook in the joy and grief we had experienced on thofe events; and feeing that we confidered the late defeat of Tippoo as a matter of courfe, and that we looked forward with confidence to the capture of the capital, they expreffed themfelves to the following effect: " we have brought plenty-do you get more guns-we will feed you, and you fhall night.'

The conference between the generals and the chiefs broke up between five and fix o'clock, apparently much to the fatisfaction of both parties; and immediately after this, the famished followers of the

English

English army ran to the Mahratta camp in thousands, and were happy to purchase grain at the most extravagant rate.

Chap. II. contains an account of the march of the allied army from Seringapatam to Bangalore,-arrangements in favour of the British troops, and difpofition of the confederate forces, till after the monfoons.

Chap. III. Reduction of Ouffor, Rayacotta, and the forts which command the Policode-pafs-junction of the first convoys from the Carnatic.

Chap. IV. Reduction of the hill forts to the north-east of Bangalore-fiege of Nundy droog-Tippoo's movements towards Chittledroog-he detaches Cummer-ud-Deen Cawn against Coimbetore, and fends a reinforcement to Kistnaghery.

Chap. V. Pofition of the army to cover the convoys from the Carnatic-lieutenant-colonel Maxwell's expedition to the Baramaularrival of lieutenant-colonel Geils with the battering train, at Banga❤ lore Cummer-ud-Deen Cawn's fuccess at Coimbetore.

Chap. VI. Siege of Savendroog-efcalade of Outredroog-and eapture of other hill forts between Bangalore and Seringapatam.

Chap. VII. Siege of Gurramcondah-colonel Hay's arrival with a large convoy at Bangalore-arrangements of earl Cornwallis for the fubfiftence of the army..

The above fummary of contents will convey an idea of the employ ment of the British troops and of the enemy, until the Bombay army fet out, in order to re-ascend the Ghauts.

In Chap. VIII. we learn that they affembled at Cannanore on the 23d of november, and marched on the 5th of december towards the Poodicherrim Ghaut, on purpose to co-operate with lord Cornwallis. Chap. IX. contains a thort account of the operations of Purferam Bhow's army, the capture of Hooly Onore, and Bankahoor; the reduction of Simoga, and the expedition to Bidenore.

Chap. X. We now find that Tippoo, determining to act upon the offenfive, detaches Cummer-ud-Deen Cawn, one of his principal generals, against Purferam Bhow, and at the fame time fends a party of horfe into the Carnatic, which advances within three or four miles of Madras, and carries terrour and confternation every where along with it.

Fully determined on the capture of Seringapatam, lord Cornwallis had made every poffible preparation, in order to enable him to effect the object of his withes, and he feems to have been ably feconded by the zeal and abilities of colonel Duff, who appears to have contributed not a little to the fuccefs of the campaign," by his judicious manage, ment of the artillery.

Such [we are told were the improvements introduced by the co lonel, or acquired by experience during the war, that this unwieldy department moved with nearly as much eafe as any other part of the ariny, whereas at the commencement of the first campaign, eight eighteen pounders with their flores, were got on with infinite difficulty, always created delay, and frequently required two days to make the distance of one fhort march. The chief improvements which effected this change in moving the great guns, were yoking the bul locks four, instead of two a-breaft, and carrying back the chain to which they are yoked, to the axle of the gun, instead of the axle of B 2

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