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)

OF THE WAR WITH TIPPOO SULTAUN.

of June to Lieutenant-general Harris, then Governor of Fort St.
George, and Commander in Chief on the coast of Coromandel,
informing him, that if the proclamation should prove authentic,
it must lead to a serious discussion with Tippoo Sultaun; and
directing Lieutenant-general Harris to consider, without delay,
the means of assembling the army on the coast of Coromandel, if
necessity should unfortunately require such a precaution.
On the 18th of June, iyr)8, his Lordship received a regular
authentication of the proclamation, from the Cape of Good Hope,
in a letter from the Earl of Macartney, dated the 28th of March;
and at the same time, several persons arrived at Calcutta, who
had been present in the Isle of France at the time the proclama-
tion was issued.
By a strict examination of the most respectable of those per-
sons, the Governor-general was enabled to obtain an authentic
and accurate statement of all the material circumstances attend-
ing the publication of the proclamation at the Isle of France, the
substance of which was, that Tippoo Sultaun had dispatched two
ambassadors, who embarked at Mangalore for the Isle of France,
and arrived at Port Nord Guest, in that island, towards the close
of the month of January, 1^8: that the ambassadors were
received publicly, and formally, by the French Government, with
every mark of distinction and respect; and that they were enter-
tained at the public expence during their continuance on the
island.
Previous to the arrival of the ambassadors on the island, no