Siege during the Third Anglo-Mysore War
| Siege of Goorumconda | |||||||||
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| Part of the Third Anglo-Mysore War | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Sultanate of Mysore |
 Hyderabad British East India Company | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Unknown commander |
Mahabat Jung Captain Read | ||||||||
| Third Anglo-Mysore War | |
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The siege of Goorumconda (15 September – 25 December 1791) was a series of conflicts fought at Goorumconda, a hill fort northeast of Bangalore, during the Third Anglo-Mysore War. An army of the Nizam of Hyderabad, assisted by British East India Company forces, captured the outer works of the town on 20 November, after a one-month siege. Following this, the British troops, which had stormed the works, turned the town over to a detachment of the Nizam's troops. These were surprised and slaughtered by a detachment of Mysorean troops led by Tipu Sultan's son on 20 November 1791, who resupplied the fort. The works were again captured by the British on 25 December 1791.
References
- History of the Madras Army, Volume 2
- 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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