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BENGAL GAZETTE;
E X T R A O R D I N A R Y.
MONDAY Augnft 6.th: 1781.
^Extract of News received from Madras but Captain Flint writes, that when
the 4th Auguft 1781. the Enemy entered, and lay'd their
SINCE Flyder's defeat, Lalla his Ge- Cannon to theSecond, that lie brought
neral to the Northward of this place .two pieces to bear on them and that
has deferred his poft, and we have taken the whole of his Infantry play'd fo warm-
polfeffion with the lots of three men only ly on them that Tippo was obliged to
of a fmail Ifland near Pulicar, .wherein make a fpeedy retreat having loft one of
there was a deal of Grain,-And.Rice his Leg's and a great number of his men,'
-wc are now in daily expectation cf Let- and he writes that Tippy died of his
,ters by Land, the Road being clear.- wound foon after, iill thefe miffortunes
In the Engagement with Hyder by the Coming fo.faft on Hyder will cither rcn-
.returns .we now have, we find there has dcr him defperatc, or caft a total damp
.been near four hundred of our Army on his military Courage. General Sir.
killed and wounded, feveral Officers, ,Eyrb Coote is on his way to Chingle-
amqngft whom is Mr. Grant, who by put to ioin Col .Pearce, they will fiift
the wind,of a .Ball had his Belly fingecl, relieve Wandewaih, Col Pearce is on his
he has been in great pain, but the dan- ma: eh, and we find from his returns.that
ger is over, Hyder loft his ..fecond his whole army which he marched with.
;Son Carim Khan, as well as MeerSaib, .from Bengal together with the Sircar
and.feventeen ..head Generals, Monfieur Battalions which has fince Joined 'him
Lally dead of his Wounds, and Hydcr's amounts only to 6,000 Regular, snd -30
Killed and wounded, amounted to about .pieces of Cannon, but has got Cattle and
18,000, Hyder ran off with the utmoft jprcvifilon great plenty,
-.percipitat'.on, and he is now at the poll An Engiilh Jew a Mr Lloyd deferfd
'of the Goths, a place called TrinomoSy from Hyder in the la ft Engagement. It
v, here he is Recruiting and gathering his jfeems that this Lloyd was Hytier's Head
Scattered Army. .Doctor, For iome time, and that he has
TippQO Saib lias been continually a- for along time fupply'd our Army with
-gainft Wandewafb, Capt. Flint wrote -mtellegence from Hyders Camp. A Col-
-,the Council three days ago, that unlefs lection of 7,000 Pagodos was made in our
he is immediately afliltcd by a Rein- -Camp for him. Gen. Sis Evre Coote
force me r.t, he moil unavoidably will be fent him down here, and he gives in
.under the neceffity of furrendering the anaccountof Hyders Effective Army A-
•Givrrifon conlifting of about 400 Men, mounting to 178,000 Horfe and foot ex-
He has been, night and day under arms, c!alive of irregulars armed. As foon as
for fom.e time paft, both himfelf, Offi- .the junction takes place relative toColo-
ccrs and people, and are fo reduced by nel L'earce's Detachment Gzn. Coote they
fatigue, they are fcarce able to ftand--- fay intends to foim two Armies and march
Tippoo made an attempt of blowing o- againft Arcot. We have now a very fair
pen the Gate?, with his heavy Cannon profpedt of puttings fpeedy and final peri-
thc firft he Succeeded in and entered, od to Hydcr's Career.
BENGAL GAZETTE;
E X T R A O R D I N A R Y.
MONDAY Augnft 6.th: 1781.
^Extract of News received from Madras but Captain Flint writes, that when
the 4th Auguft 1781. the Enemy entered, and lay'd their
SINCE Flyder's defeat, Lalla his Ge- Cannon to theSecond, that lie brought
neral to the Northward of this place .two pieces to bear on them and that
has deferred his poft, and we have taken the whole of his Infantry play'd fo warm-
polfeffion with the lots of three men only ly on them that Tippo was obliged to
of a fmail Ifland near Pulicar, .wherein make a fpeedy retreat having loft one of
there was a deal of Grain,-And.Rice his Leg's and a great number of his men,'
-wc are now in daily expectation cf Let- and he writes that Tippy died of his
,ters by Land, the Road being clear.- wound foon after, iill thefe miffortunes
In the Engagement with Hyder by the Coming fo.faft on Hyder will cither rcn-
.returns .we now have, we find there has dcr him defperatc, or caft a total damp
.been near four hundred of our Army on his military Courage. General Sir.
killed and wounded, feveral Officers, ,Eyrb Coote is on his way to Chingle-
amqngft whom is Mr. Grant, who by put to ioin Col .Pearce, they will fiift
the wind,of a .Ball had his Belly fingecl, relieve Wandewaih, Col Pearce is on his
he has been in great pain, but the dan- ma: eh, and we find from his returns.that
ger is over, Hyder loft his ..fecond his whole army which he marched with.
;Son Carim Khan, as well as MeerSaib, .from Bengal together with the Sircar
and.feventeen ..head Generals, Monfieur Battalions which has fince Joined 'him
Lally dead of his Wounds, and Hydcr's amounts only to 6,000 Regular, snd -30
Killed and wounded, amounted to about .pieces of Cannon, but has got Cattle and
18,000, Hyder ran off with the utmoft jprcvifilon great plenty,
-.percipitat'.on, and he is now at the poll An Engiilh Jew a Mr Lloyd deferfd
'of the Goths, a place called TrinomoSy from Hyder in the la ft Engagement. It
v, here he is Recruiting and gathering his jfeems that this Lloyd was Hytier's Head
Scattered Army. .Doctor, For iome time, and that he has
TippQO Saib lias been continually a- for along time fupply'd our Army with
-gainft Wandewafb, Capt. Flint wrote -mtellegence from Hyders Camp. A Col-
-,the Council three days ago, that unlefs lection of 7,000 Pagodos was made in our
he is immediately afliltcd by a Rein- -Camp for him. Gen. Sis Evre Coote
force me r.t, he moil unavoidably will be fent him down here, and he gives in
.under the neceffity of furrendering the anaccountof Hyders Effective Army A-
•Givrrifon conlifting of about 400 Men, mounting to 178,000 Horfe and foot ex-
He has been, night and day under arms, c!alive of irregulars armed. As foon as
for fom.e time paft, both himfelf, Offi- .the junction takes place relative toColo-
ccrs and people, and are fo reduced by nel L'earce's Detachment Gzn. Coote they
fatigue, they are fcarce able to ftand--- fay intends to foim two Armies and march
Tippoo made an attempt of blowing o- againft Arcot. We have now a very fair
pen the Gate?, with his heavy Cannon profpedt of puttings fpeedy and final peri-
thc firft he Succeeded in and entered, od to Hydcr's Career.