The Nineteenth and Their Times Being an Account of the Four Cavalry Regiments in the British Army That Have Borne the Number Nineteen and of the Campaigns in Which They Served

CHAPTER IV

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WAR WITH TIPPOO--1790

War with Tippoo--19th take the field--Advance on Coimbatore--Division under Floyd detached towards Guzzulhutti Pass--Frequent skirmishes--Satyamunglum--Dispersion of the Army--Advance of Tippoo--19th hotly engaged--Tippoo’s Body-Guard destroyed--Retreat from Satyamunglum--Casualties--March in pursuit of Tippoo--Private Parkes--The Tapoor Pass--Tippoo eludes pursuit, and ravages the Carnatic--Army returns to Madras 66