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. 2^1
Even at a later period, when the subversion of the French party
at Hyderabad, the restoration of the Nizam to the condition of an
efficient ally, and the advanced state of our military preparations,
had inspired a general spirit of confidence and zeal; the most con-
fident and zealous would have deemed the issue of the approaching
contest prosperous as well as honourable, if it had effected a con-
siderable reduction of the power, and resources, of Tippoo Sultaun,
and had obtained a reasonable indemnity for the expences of the
allies.
The entire destruction of Tippoo Sultaun's power, or the
absolute transfer of his resources to any hand, less inimical, or
less violent, would have been deemed a glorious termination, even
of a long and expensive contest.
But the success of the British arms, in the short period of the
late campaign, has not merely excluded the French from Mysore,
provided an ample indemnity to the company and their ally, for
the charges of the war, destroyed the hostile power of Tippoo
Sultaun, and effectually precluded its revival, but has transferred
the sword of our implacable enemy into our own hands; and
turned to our own use, the main springs of his wealth and strength.
By the partition treaty of Mysore, the East India Company have
acquired an augmentation of direct territorial revenue to the annual
amount of about 6,qy,6qi. 10. By the subsidiary
treaty of Seringapatam, they have secured an annual subsidy of
y,00,000, making, together with their new terri-
torial revenue, the sum of ig,^y,6'qi. 10; and
leaving (after deducting the provision allotted for the families of
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