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Battle of Seedaseer

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Receiving news of a possible Mysorean march Stuart reinforced the advanced position with one more battalion of sepoys. This advance was Tipu's main force moving to destroy the Bombay Army (whilst a small Mysorean force held off the Madras Army), and reached Seedaseer at 9am on 6 March 1799. Stuart
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advancing from the east. He then took up a defensive position on the Anglo-Mysore frontier to await further orders from General Harris, placing his right brigade in an advanced position at Seedaseer on 2 March so as to better receive Harris's orders. This was under Lieutenant-Colonel Montressor and
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The place where this battle took place was in the jagir of Nawab Subhan Khan, father of Nawab Qutub Ali Khan. This place was taken over by Government of India after Police action in 1948.
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battalions and the now-defunct 1st Bombay Pioneers. He kept his other 2 brigades, the main body of his force, at Siddapura and
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led the Left Brigade there as reinforcements by 2pm, forcing Tipu to withdraw.
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of episodes during the battle in replicas of the 1799 uniforms.
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on 6 March 1799 at Seedaseer (near present-day Siddapura,
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The Governor-General wrote in his despatches to the
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Index

Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Karnataka

British East India Company

Mysore
James Stuart
Tipu Sultan
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Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Seedaseer
Mallavelly
Sultanpet Tope
Seringapatam
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Karnataka
Coorg
Mysore
Piriyapatna
Seringapatam
James Stuart
Bombay Army
Cannanore
Western Ghats
Madras Army
Maratha Light Infantry
Ahmootenaar
British East India Company

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