Second Anglo-Mysore War

Second Anglo-Mysore War
Part of the Anglo-Mysore Wars and the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
Depiction of action in the 1783 Siege of Cuddalore.
Date 1780–1784 Location South India Result Status quo ante bellum Treaty of Mangalore
Belligerents
Mysore Arakkal Kingdom Nawab of Savanur Nawab of Banganapalle  France  Dutch Republic	Great Britain  Electorate of Hanover  East India Company  Travancore
Commanders and leaders
Hyder Ali Tipu Sultan Karim Khan Sahib Sayed Sahib Sardar Ali Khan Sahib Makdum Ali Kamaluddin Husain Ali Khan Bahadur Pierre André de Suffren Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau	George Macartney Eyre Coote Hector Munro Richard Matthews William Baillie (POW) George Emptage Edward Hughes

The Second Anglo-Mysore War was a conflict between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company from 1780 to 1784. At the time, Mysore was a key French ally in India, and the conflict between Britain against the French and Dutch in the American Revolutionary War influenced Anglo-Mysorean hostilities in India. The great majority of soldiers on the company side were raised, trained, paid and commanded by the company, not the British government. However, the company's operations were also bolstered by Crown troops sent from Great Britain, and by troops from Hanover,^[1] which was also ruled by Great Britain's King George III.

Following the British seizure of the French port of Mahé in 1779, Mysorean ruler Hyder Ali opened hostilities against the British in 1780, with significant success in early campaigns. As the war progressed, the British recovered some territorial losses. Both France and Britain sent troops and naval squadrons from Europe to assist in the war effort, which widened later in 1780 when Britain declared war on the Dutch Republic. In 1783 news of a preliminary peace between France and Great Britain reached India, resulting in the withdrawal of French support from the Mysorean war effort. The British consequently also sought to end the conflict, and the British government ordered the Company to secure peace with Mysore. This resulted in the 1784 Treaty of Mangalore, restoring the status quo ante bellum under terms that company officials, such as Warren Hastings, found extremely unfavourable.