Siege of Bangalore

Siege of Bangalore
Part of the Third Anglo-Mysore War

The Death of Colonel Moorhouse at the Storming of the Pettah Gate of Bangalore
Robert Home, 1793
Date5 February – 21 March 1791
Location
Bangalore, Mysore, India
12°58′44″N 77°35′30″E / 12.97889°N 77.59167°E / 12.97889; 77.59167
Result British victory
Belligerents
East India Company
 Great Britain		 Kingdom of Mysore
Commanders and leaders
Charles Cornwallis Tipu Sultan (outside the lines)
Sipahdar Sahib (lower fort)
Buhadur Sahib (upper fort)
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Siege of Bangalore was a siege of the town and fortifications of Bangalore during the Third Anglo-Mysore War by forces of the British East India Company, led by Charles, Earl Cornwallis against a Mysorean garrison, while Tipu Sultan, Mysore's ruler, harried the camps and positions of the besiegers. Arriving before the town on 5 February 1791, Cornwallis captured the town by assault on 7 February, and after six weeks of siege, stormed the fortress on 21 March.

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