GRAND ARMY On our arrival near this place o.i the sth in ft. Tippoo's army appeared encamped 011 the north ot the Cave ry, his rear to the island ot Seiinga pat am. His right extending to the toot of the hill 011 which the Carlgat ta Pagoda ttands, and his left to the Cavery above ihe island. Ihe Lock any river which winds through the plain to the northward ot Seringapa tain, ran clole along part ot the 11 out, and round the right of his line,where it joined the Cavery, and several wa ter coiirfes,ravines, and much Iwa 111 py ground, ilrengtheiied his left. The whole of his encampment was enclol'ed with a bound hedge, in ma ny places extremely impenetrable, and several ftrongand well conftruift ed redoubts, furniihed with a nume rous artillery, were so placed as to defend Hie approach, particularly to wards the left of his polition. This encampment having been re connoitred 011 the morningofthe 7th, orders were i(Tiled in the evening for a general attack 011 the lines. —The army in three divilions commanded by Lord Cornwallis, Gen. Meadows, and Col. Maxwell, without guns, was ordered to parade at feveti in the e vening. Gen. Meadows, with the right co lumn, to enter on the left of the enemy's camp, Lord Cornwallis to attack their centre, and Colonel Max well to gain the Carigatta Pagoda, and the hill commanding it ; 011 which works had been conttrudled by the enemy to defend their right. The right and centre attacks were directed to penetrate nearly to the depth of the enemy's camp before they turned to sweep along it, and the whole were inftrutfted in the e vent of success to fuffer their leading diviHons to mix with the fugitives, and if possible to enter the island with them. About nine o'clock the column moved off, and at I 2 the attack com menced on the left in, the centre. The hills were rapidly carried by Col. Maxwell's diviiion, and after a fliarp contest for several minutes, the centre column penetrated the hedge, and put the enemy to flight. Lieut. Col. Knox, with the leading companies of his attack, pufliing the fugitives, entered the island with them at the great ford close to the fort, and advanced across it, while Coi. Stuart, with the 71ft regiment and two sepoy battalions took a very llrong redoubt, and drove the enemy to his left, along the camp. Here they were met by the column under Lieut. Col. Maxwell, who quitting the hills, had attacked the right of the camp, and was forcing the enemy towards the centre. Anxions to pufli the advantage as far as poflible, the leading part of the left column under Col.Baird entered the river, and attempted it by a very rugged paflage, in which attempt Col. Stuarts division joined. The depth and rocky bottom of the river, with a heavy fiie from the lines, formed to defend it on the op posite bank, for a considerable time prevented the progress of the troops ; but after more than an hour's exer tion, the 71ft and 72d regiments, got footing on the opposite bank, nearly at the fame time that the few compa nies who had pafl'ed at the proper ford, and penetrated across theifland to the southern river, returned to wards the Pettah of Charganjain, which was now taken pofleilion of by the troops which had eroded. The (hong lines which defended the hold—near the Carigatta Pago da, being now abandoned bytheene my, several Sepoy corps eroded here, and reinforced the troops already on the island, so that by two o'clock in the morning, all the eastern part of the place, including the gardens of Tippoo, the Tomb of Hyder, and Charganiam (a Pettah on the centre of the iflind) was taken by our troops. In this Pettah a number of our un fortunate countrymen were found in chains, and released, as well as many of the topafes taken at Coimbatore, with Lieut. Chalmers. While the centre and left divisions were thus employed, Gen. Meadows, whose march had been impeded bv bad roads till after the attacks 011 the other fide had commenced, entered the hedge near a -very strong re doubt, which the advance cf his di vision under Col. Neibiti immediately attacked A considerable body of the enemy's best troops, am.onglt whom was Lal ly's corps, defended poit, and the ilrength ot tlie work, which mounted len pieces 6i' cann » i, to gether with the ohitinaie reiiftance of its defenders, made its reduction an operation ofcoiiiiderable difficulty. After several attacks had been made and as often repnlfed, w it h great loss. our troops at lail gained and eritered tlie redoubt ; upwards of 300 of: the enemy falling within it. The delay occasioned by thisobfti tiate defence, and some miltakes which our little knowledge of the exac r t (ituation of the camp (objected us to, prevented the column from pe netrating on this tide as far as was intended, so that the lefc wing of the enemy remained in a great degree unbroken, while this column moved to the left along the outside ot the hedge, inltead of keeping within it, and came 110 more into action during the night. Lord Cornwallis, with part of the centre column, had remained near the foot where the column had enter ed the hedge to (u ft a ill the attacks if neceflaiy, and be at hand to coimnu nicate his orders to the whole. About four in the morning, the e neiny collecting from their left, which had not been touted like the relt of their army, came down in a very for midable body, and attacked thefmall force that remained near his Lord fliip's person. The attack was warm, and reso lutely received by the 74th, and pari of the J2d regiments, with two bat talions of Madras Sepoys and three companies of the 13th Bengal Sepoys. The enemy were repeatedly charg ed and broken, bur as often formed again, and renewed the attack, with a constant fire of cannon, rockeis, and inufquetry. Removed from the support of the reft of the army, and ignorant of their situation, it became necefiary, as day approached, to re tire from under the range of; he can non of the fort.—The corps charged and broke the enemy, and profiting by their confufion, retired in good order to the hedge at the footofCar rigatt hills, where they were joined by Maj. Gen. Meadows' division : at the fame time the troops in the island abandoned the Pettah, and several of the advanced posts they had gain ed, as they did not think it prudent to risque the loss of rhe advantages tliey were certain of pofl'effing, from fecuringa smaller extent in the island, by attempting to maintain more polls, than the number of men they had were capable of defending—efpecial ly ns they were not fufficiently ac quainted with the situations to judge of their strength—at day light we were enabled to view the scene of action, and mark the efrects of the night attack.—All the encampment of the enemy appeared in the great cft confufion—molt of the tents, a mongst which was that of the Sultan, ft'll standing ; guns and tumbrils, laying fcatterfed over every part of the lines, camels and bullocks wan dering about, and horses galloping amort git the dead and dying, wholaj in heaps along the ground. Shelter ed by the fire of the fort, the enemy collected in great bodies, and cover ed by large parties of horse attempt ing to carry off the remains of their tents and stores—but a redoubt near ly in the center of their camp, into which Capt Sibbald, with a company of the 7111 regiment and two of Se poys, had been thrown during the night by Col. Stuart, in a great mea sure prevented their operations. ' here redoubts thev surrounded and during the whole of the 7rh, at' tempted by every means to force ihey were conflantly beat off, and front the Hills and Islands we witr.efl ed the interetting spectacle of a fmal! work which we had the night before earned with the greatell ease, i„ lhe mid It of r ippoo's army, refiftinjr all his force, which repeatedly aflaulted it—towards evening the enemy re tiredl abandoning all their works on this fide the River, after blowing up the umbilis, and burning some of the carnages of their guns; and altho' levei al of the guns we had taken dn ring the night were drawn oft' by 110 them in the course of the day, 76 pie ces of fine cannon, remained in pof feiiion.—Nothing but tile neighbour-] hood of the Fori, the guns of which commanded all the plain, enabled .Tippoo 10 lave one of his field artil lery. The camp equipage being brought from the former ground on the evening of the 7ih, the army en camped fronting Sei ingapatam, and as near the place as the range of the lliot would permit. Our loss in the action is not nearly so great a& might have been expect ed, when the circumltances of the attacks are considered, the whole a inount of killed and wounded not ex ceeding 520. The proportion of ofH cers is great, but moil of thole wound ed aie doing well.—T he lols of the enemy cannot be ascertained. By the most probable accounts their killed and wounded are 5000, their deser tions in consequence of the defeat near 20,000 —It leems to have given a decisive blow to the power ot the Sultan, as his troops have loit all con fidence. The Europeans in his ser vice are defer ting, whenever they have an opportunity of doing (o, and many of these molt ufeful to him, are among the number already come to cam J). In our lad courier we anticipated the arrival of the hollages in camp. —li was on the 27th, instead of the 24th, nit. that the important event took place - about twelve o'clock tiie works of the fort of Seringapatam wei e crowded with an innumerable multitude of people ; and the Sultan was plainly clifcovered amongst them. —111 a few minutes afterwards the young princes made their appearance, they were conduc r ted from the island ■o a large pavilion pitched lor their reception, near Sibbald's redoubt, aboMt a mile from the fort. Here they were received by Sirjohn Kenneway, who attended tlieni, ac companied by an escort, to liead-quar ters. On entering the cainp, they were fainted with nineteen guns ; and the part of the line they palled was un der arms, and the officers fainted — Lord Cornwallis saluted them in his tent, which was guarded by a bat talion of Sepojs ; and they were then formally delivered over to his Lord- Ihip, by Gullum Ally Beg, the Sul tan's Vackeel, as hollages for the due performance of the treaty. The scene was grand and affecting, and imprerted all present with those feelings which are not easily deliue ated It was a proud scene to the conque rors—it was the moll humiliating to ( O the vanquifheo. An awful lilence for a moment pre vailed, and every one seemed absorb ed in the tumult of which the occasion naturally called forth. At length Gulium Ally approach ing Lord Coi nwallis, and under much agitation, addrelled his Lord/hip in tha following emphatic words "1 hefe children," said he, pointing to the young princes, whom he then pre sented, " were this morning the sons of the Sultan my matter—their situa tion is changed, and they must now look up to your Lordfliip as their fa ther," —and the tender and affection ate manner in which his Lord (hip re ceived them, seemed to confirm the truth of the expi ellion. The attendants of the young prin ces appeared astonished at what they saw, and their countenances were highly expressive of the fatisfaiSion they felt in the benevolence of his Lordship. Some conversation took place be tween His Lordship and ilie Vackeels of Tippoo, in which the latter de clared that the termination of the war difFufed happiness throughout all ranks of people, and after fining a few minutes, they retired, accompa nying the young Princes to their Tents ; under the escort of a party of our Troops, which remained with them as their guard. Before they took their leave, His Lordship presented a gold watch to each of rhein, as a mark of his regard. The next morning his Lordship made them a visit a t their Tents, which are pitched near to the left of Tippoo's redoubts. 1 he body guard and spearmen of 1 lie Princes, formed an avenue of con siderable extent from the Tent of ce- i-emoiiy, which is fpacioiil, ail magnificent. . His Lordfliip alighted at the end c f the avenue, and walked up t0 u, e Tent, saluted as he palled by Pi ince's guai ds. They met his Lordlhip at the en trance, and by their refpeftful be' havior, {hewed that they held i u pleating remembrance the kind at. tention his Lordfliip had lhewn t0 them. At the extremity of the Tent, and somewhat elevated, a number of chairs were placed ; here his Lordship f eat . eel himfelf with the eldest Prince on his right hand, and the younger oil his left. Sir John Kenneway fat on one fide of the i imces and Mr. ( hery on the other, as iiis Lordfliip's Interpreters* The Varkeels ot Tippoo of whom one was the person fen't fotne time a go on an embafly to Conftaiuiliople, and thole of the Nizam and Marraitas arranged themselves in the fame or der ; so that the whole formed a fe rn i-circle : after a conversation of a bout an hour, in which the Conllan tinople Ambassador bore a consider able share, his Lordship embraced the Princes and gave to theeldeila fufee richly mounted, and to the yomigelt, an elegant cafe of pistols, and in re turn each of them prefemed his Lord ship with a sword ; beetle and Ottar weie then broughc in, and his Lord ship immediately afterwards with drew, leading a prince in each hand, to the extremity of the rich carpet which was spread on the ground and embraced them with the utmoll cor diality. They remained on the spot some time, paying their compliments to the gentlemen of his Lordfliip's li'uite, who falured them. They are very fine boys; the eldest is about eleven years of age, and ap pears to be very quirk, (hrewd, and penetrating : He addressed his Lord (hip in a very pertinent speech, with a great deal of propriety and without any kind of confufion or embarrafl nietn, and in the fame manner, 011 being defned by Gullum Ally, he re peated some paflages from the Koran. The youngest is remarkably hand some—his features are very regular and expreflive, and his countenance is mild and open, lie is about 7 years of a g e —They are both very graceful, perfectly correct in their manners, and appear to be extremely well bred. They were drefled in white mus lins, and round their necks they wore fonie rows of beautiful pearls,to which were suspended a peftagon, consisting of an emerald and a ruby of consi derable size, surrounded with a pro fufion of brilliants. Capt Maden, of his Majesty's 76th Regt. Aid'de-Carnp to Earl Coruwal lis, Jest the army on the 29111 inft charged with hisLordfliip'sdifpatchei for England ; one of the Indiamen now in the roads, will be immedi ately dispatched for the purpose of announcing to Government, the im portant intelligence of the honorable and advantageous peace made I.ordfhip with Tippoo Sultan, and or the conclusion of a war, whose prin ciple was humanity, whose progrels was glory, and whose termination is as honorable as its aim was just. S O L E U R E, May p- Our Diet has declared itfelf permanent unU the tranquility of Europe will permit it: to 1 parate. and has resolved unairirnouily t a Swiss Hi all observe the strictest armedl iieutra - ty ; in consequence of which orders ave: sent to M. de Custine to evacuate tle a ■ of Porentrui, otherwise they will oblijc hin evacuate them. It has also been ' ; ' . listen to 110 proposition for the renewa 0 agreements with France until they t- 2 with the King himfe'f. PARIS, June 14- Various are the reasons afligned tor IV. - ■ vara 's difmiflal from the military depa. tn but what seems mofl probable is, t. a could not with propriety Keep a (oliciting had invaded the royal prerogative, by fthc' £ an increase of public force without bu P"« c The new War Minister gives a ftcl Gc _ of the army; 40,000 men Ihll wanted- nerais calling for arms, for .mmumtion, camp equipage, there is allo horse.—Such was the report which rier, in his" W "W." *' t'ue Aflemblv ; he concluded with asking tW 'The' fecond'battalion of Walfli'slrifc brigfk Queen. The unhappy Pnntffs ha „, n bdW ry where, but among the am . { the reigns of government. l al ;d S M y
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