Battle of Mallavelly

Battle of Mallavelly
Part of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Date 27 March 1799 Location Malavalli, Karnataka, India 12°20′50″N 77°03′52″E / 12.347139°N 77.064333°E / 12.347139; 77.064333 Result British East India Company victory
Belligerents
British East India Company	Mysore
Commanders and leaders
George Harris Arthur Wellesley	Tipu Sultan
Casualties and losses
66–69 men[a]	1,000–2,000[a]

The Battle of Mallavelly (also spelled Malvilly or Malavalli) was fought on 27 March 1799 between forces of the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. The British forces, led by General George Harris and Colonel Arthur Wellesley, drove the Mysorean force of Tipu Sultan from a defensive position designed to impede the British force's progress toward Mysore's capital, Seringapatam.^[1]

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