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)

OP THE WAR WITH TIPPOO SULTAUN.

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FROM the left of the position which has been described, the
aqueduct, already mentioned, takes an easterly direction, till it
approaches within seventeen hundred yards of the fort; where it
winds off to the right towards the Sultaunpettah tope. This aque-
duct is fifteen yards wide, and six feet deep, with a high bank
towards the town. There were also several ruined villages, and
rocky eminences, in front, which afforded cover for the enemy's
infantry and rocket-men, so near to the camp, that many of
the rockets, thrown from these places, fell amongst the tents. It
became therefore indispensable, to the quiet and security of thecamp^
to dispossess the enemy of these posts without loss of time. For
this purpose, on the evening of the 5th of April, his Majesty's
1 sth regiment, and two battalions of sepoys, with their guns, under
the command of Colonel Shawe, and another division, consisting of
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