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Sketch of the Operations of the Army under the Command of Lieutenant General Harris, 31 July 1799.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 433
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Sydenham, Benjamin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harris, George.
- Śrīraṅgapaṭṭaṇa (India)--History--Siege, 1799.
- Śrīraṅgapaṭṭaṇa (India).
- India--History--Mysore Wars, 1766-1799.
- India.
- History.
- India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
- Mysore (India)--History.
- Mysore (India).
- Penn Provenance:
- Purchased from Maggs Bros. Ltd., 2002.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (9 folios + cover)
- Place of Publication:
- 31 July 1799.
- Biography/History:
- At the time of preparing this report Benjamin Sydenham held the rank of Lieutenant in the British Corps of Engineers.
- Summary:
- Manuscript copy of a report detailing the events of the British Grand Army's campaign beginning near Vellore, India, in July 1798 through the fall of Seringapatam on 4 May 1799.
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