Siege of Savendroog
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Siege of Savendroog | |||||||
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Part of Third Anglo-Mysore War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Mysore | East India Company | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Tipu Sultan | General Charles Cornwallis | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Mysore Cavalry | British Forces | ||||||
The British eventually retreated after Tipu Sultan successfully defended the fort by leading a cavalry charge against the British forces |
The siege of Savendroog (also commonly spelled Sevendroog or Severndroog, but now known as Savandurga) was conducted by British East India Company forces under the command of General Charles Cornwallis in December 1791, during the Third Anglo-Mysore War. The fortress of Savendroog, was held by the forces of Tipu Sultan, the ruler of Mysore. The British eventually retreated after Tipu Sultan successfully defended the fort by leading a cavalry charge against the British forces.[1]
References
- ^ Fortescue, John William (1902). A history of the British army, Volume 3. Macmillan.
- Fortescue, John William (1902). A history of the British army, Volume 3. Macmillan.
- Marshman, John Clark (1863). The history of India
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