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

CHAPTER IV.
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FROM the moment the Marquis Wellesley arrived at Fort St.
George, he employed every effort to advance the military prepara-
tions in the Carnatic, which had already made a considerable pro-
gress during the months of November and December. As a more
full disclosure of the Sultaun's views and intrigues had evinced the
necessity of those preparations, the alarm which they at first occa-
sioned hadnow entirely subsided. The firmness and decision display-
ed by the Governor-general in adhering to his own manly policy,
and the brilliant success which had so recently crowned the vigorous
measures he adopted for destroying the French faction at Hyder-
abad, were now viewed with admiration, and seemed to inspire a
general confidence, and a happy presage of future success. All
the inhabitants of Fort St. George, and every officer, civil and mi-
litary, appeared to be animated by an unanimous determination to
discharge their respective duties, with a degree of cheerfulness
and ardour, correspondent to the exigency and importance of the