Beatson, Alexander: A view of the origin and conducts of the war with Tippoo Sultaun: comprising a narrative of the operations of the army under the command of Lieutenant George Harris, and of the Siege of Seringapatam (London, 1800)

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SiNCE the first war with Hyder Alii, the tranquillity of the British
possessions on the coast of Coromandel has been continually
menaced by the power of Mysore. Even in the intervals of peace,
which have succeeded to the several wars in which the East India
Company has been engaged with Hyder Alii, and Tippco Sul-
taun, our security in the Carnatic has ever been precarious.
During the cessation of actual hostilities, the designs of the sove-
reign of Mysore have still continued uniformly hostile; and his
means of executing them have always remained considerable,
while the degrees of our safety have fluctuated with the state of
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