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)

VIEW OF THE ORIGIN AND CONDUCT

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THE eminent advantages resulting to the British interests, Rom
the splendid success of the judicious and extensive schemes pur-
sued by the Marquis Wellesley, from that period when the hostile
designs of Tippoo Sultaun were proclaimed by Monsieur Malartic,
until the Anal settlement of Mysore, are sufhciently obvious. It
may not however be useless to take a general view of the whole
of this important question; to advert to the state of the general
expectations, at different periods of time, previous to the war ; and
to compare our actual situation in India, since the conquest of
Mysore, with those expectations, as well as with our position in
June, 1798.
At that time, even the most sanguine dispositions, and those
least affected by the prevalent alarm, would probably have been
content to have detached Tippoo Sultaun from his alliance with
the French nation, in the hope, that without the aid of a French
force, he would not attempt to disturb the tranquillity of the
Carnatic,