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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VIEW OF THE ORIGIN AND CONDUCT

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A.T the time M. Malartic's proclamation appeared in Bengal, it
happened that the condition of the several native powers in India,
both with relation to each other and to the British interests, was
far more favourable to the success of French intrigue than it had
been at any period since the peace of Seringapatam. The French
faction at Hyderabad had risen to a dangerous height. Scindeah
had lately placed de Boigne's corps in the hands of Frenchmen.
Tippoo had manifested a disposition to admit French officers and
privates, to an unlimited extent, into his service; and the distrac-
tions in the Marhatta empire, and the policy of the several actors
in that intricate scene of reciprocal mistrust, and irreconcileable
interests, left little hope of deriving any advantage whatever from
their alliance in the event of a war with Tippoo Sultaun.