Siege of Seringapatam (1799)

Belligerents

FranceCommanders and leaders

Louis Chapuis Strength

50,000 total

22,000 Sepoys

4,000 Europeans

16,000 Nizam's horsemen

10 battalions of Hyderabadi infantry (~8,000)

100–120 guns 20,000 soldiers
10,000 volunteersCasualties and losses 1,400 killed or wounded 6,000 to 10,000 killed

The siege of Seringapatam (5 April – 4 May 1799) was the final confrontation of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore led by Tipu Sultan who ruled after the death of his father. The British, with the allied Nizam Ali Khan, 2nd Nizam of Hyderabad and Maratha Empire, achieved a decisive victory after breaching the walls of the fortress at Seringapatam and storming the citadel.

The war came to an end with the defeat and death of Tipu Sultan in the battle. The British restored the Wadiyar dynasty back to power after the victory through a treaty of subsidiary alliance and Krishnaraja Wodeyar III was crowned the King of Mysore. However, they retained indirect control (British paramountcy) of the kingdom's external affairs.