Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1800-04-07
Mi/ceNaxeous articles.
Inttrelting particulars of the Death of
TIPpOO SULTAUN.

1T fend you the following particulars relative
to the conduit of the late Tippoo Sultaun
on the 4th Of May, collected chiefly from the
killadar of Seringapatam and from accounts
Siven by fome of his own fervants.
t" The Sultaun went out early in the morning,
As was his cuaom daily, to one of the Cava-
hers of the outer Rampant of the North Face,
whence he could obferve what was doing on
both fides he remained there till about, noon,
when he took his ufual repaa under Pandal
Il would appear that he had at that time no
fnfpicion of the anaut being 70 near, for when
Il was reported to him that our parallels end
approaches were mutually crowded with Eu.
fopeans, he did not express the leaf apprehen.
fion, nor take any other precaution but defring
the me1enger to return to the Welt Face with
orders to Nicer Gofhar, with the troops on du.
~ near the breach, TO keep Rria guard.
A few minutes afterwards he was informed
that Nicer Ccfhar had been killed by a
cannon hot near the breach, which inte)li-
gence appeared to agitate him greatly he i'm
mediately ordered the troops that were near
him under AIMS, and his perfonal fervants to
load the carabines which they carried for his
own ufs, and haltencd along the ramparts to-
wards the breach, accompanied by felea
guard and ieveral of his chiefs, till he met
number of his troops flying before the van of
the Europeans, who he perceived had already
mounted and gained the ramparts Here he
sxerted himielf to rally the fugltives and uni.
ting them with his own guard, encouraged
them by his voice and example to make de.
tsrmined fiand. He repeatedly fred on our
troops Eimfelf, and one of his fervants aflerts
that he faw him bring down ieveral Europeans
near the top of the breach.
Notwithstanding ,hefe exertions, when the
font Of the European flank companies of the
left attack, approached the fpot where the Sui.
taun Rood, he found himielf almoff entirely
deferted and was forced to retire to the trav-
cries of the north ramparu; thefe he defended,
one after another, with the braveR of his men
and officers, and aAited BY the FIRE of his peo-
pie on the inner wall, he feveral times obliged
the front of our troops, who were pulhing on
with their ufoal ardor. to make Rand, The
lols here would have been much greater on,
our part, had not the light infantry and part of
De battalion companies of the 18th regiment,
erof1ing the inner ditch and mounting the ram.
part driven the enemy from them and taken
in reverfe thofe who, with the Sultaun, were
defending the traverfes of the outer ramparts.
"While any of his troops remained with
him, the Sultaun continued to dilpute the
ground until he approached the paflsge acrofs
the ditch to the gate of the inner Fort here
he complained of pain and weakness in one of
his legs, in which he had received bad wound
when very young, and ordering bis hor(e to
be brought, he mounted, but feeling the Euro.
Yopeans ftill advancing on both the -amparts,
be made for the gate, followed by his palan.
qun and number of officers, troops and fer
wants. 1t was thsn, probably, his intention
either TO have entered and lhut the gate, in or
der to attack the ftnall body of our troops
which had got into the inner fort, and If fuc-
cefsful in driving them out, to have attempted
to maintain il againa us, or to endeavor to
make his way to the palace and there make
his lar Rand-but, as he was cro0ing to the
gate, by the communication from the outer
rampant, he received a mufket ball in the right
fde, nearly as high as the brealt he, how
ever, fill prsaed on, till be was iopped, about
half way through the arch of the gateway, by
che FIRE Of ,ath light infantry, from within,
when he received fecond ball clole to the
other the hode he rode on b:ing alto woun-
ded fuhk under him and his turban fell to the
ground many of his people fell at the fame
time, On every fde, by mulketry both from
within and without the gate.
"The fallen Sulraun was Immediately RATED
by fome of his adherents and placed upon his
palanquin, under the arch and on one eide of
the gateway. where he lay or fat for fome mi
putes, faint and exhauaed, till fome Europeans
entered the gateway. A fervant who has fur.
vived, relates that one of the folders feized
thc Sultaun's fwordbelt (which was very rich
and attempted to pull it of that the Sultaun,
who Gill held his fword in his hand, made
cut at the folder with all his remaining iirength
and wounded him about the knee, on whic.,
he put bis piece to his houlder and ihot the
Soltaun through the temple, when be inlaantly
expired.
"Not lefs than 900 were killed and plumbers
wounded under the arch of this gateway.
which ioon became impaliible, excepting over
the bodies OF the dead and dying.
AGOrt dulk, gen. Baird, u conlequenee of