Second Anglo-Mysore War

Sides

Countries today: France, India, Netherlands, and United Kingdom

What happened

After the Company seized the French port of Mahé, which Hyder Ali had placed under his protection, Hyder crossed into the Carnatic in July 1780 with a large army. In September he and his son Tipu Sultan destroyed Colonel William Baillie's column at Pollilur, and late in 1780 they took Arcot. Sir Eyre Coote, sent from Bengal, defeated Hyder at Porto Novo and Sholinghur in 1781 but could not drive him out of the Carnatic. France, at war with Britain, sent troops and a fleet under the Bailli de Suffren to support Mysore. Hyder died in December 1782 and Tipu carried on the war, besieging the Company garrison of Mangalore from May 1783 until it surrendered in January 1784. When Britain and France made peace in 1783, French support ended, and the Treaty of Mangalore of March 1784 restored the territory each side had held before the war.

Outcome: The Treaty of Mangalore (11 March 1784) restored the territory each side had held before the war.

Key events

Leaders

• Hyder Ali · Ruler of Mysore; died in December 1782 · Mysore, France and the Dutch Republic
• Tipu Sultan · Commanded at Pollilur; ruler of Mysore from December 1782 · Mysore, France and the Dutch Republic
• Pierre André de Suffren · Commander of the French fleet in Indian waters · Mysore, France and the Dutch Republic
• Eyre Coote · Commander-in-Chief of the Company's forces in the Carnatic from 1780 · East India Company forces and Crown troops
• Hector Munro · Commander at Madras in 1780 · East India Company forces and Crown troops
• Warren Hastings · Governor-General in Calcutta; sent Coote's army south · East India Company forces and Crown troops

Meanwhile, elsewhere in 1780 CE