Historedia
Person

George Harris

Events
1
Episodes
4
Years
1799

Every event in Historedia whose sources name George Harris, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Battle of Seringapatam

    1799

    Role: British general who assembled and commanded the two columns

    1. 5 April 1799 · Fortress of Seringapatam (Srirangapatna)Siege of Seringapatam Opens

      British columns under General George Harris besieged Tipu Sultan's fortress of Seringapatam on 5 April 1799, the final confrontation of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War.

    2. 22 April 1799 · North side of the River Cauvery at Seringapatam (Srirangapatna)Breach Planning and Mysorean Defence

      Governor-General Richard Wellesley planned the opening of a breach; on 22 April the Mysorean defence blocked a battery on the north side of the River Cauvery.

    3. 4 May 1799 · Citadel and fortress walls of Seringapatam (Srirangapatna)Storming of the Citadel and Death of Tipu Sultan

      On 4 May 1799, after briefing and rations, British troops under David Baird breached the walls and stormed the citadel; Tipu Sultan was defeated and killed.

    4. 4 May 1799 · Battle site at Seringapatam (Srirangapatna), including the Water GateAftermath and Commemoration

      Participants received a Governor-General's medal; the Water Gate where Tipu's body was found and other battle features survive, and the looted treasury jewels entered fiction.

Sources

  1. Siege of Seringapatam (1799) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25