Annotation:Surrender of Seringapatam
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SURRENDER OF SERINGAPATAM. English, Country Dance Tune & Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. According to Wikipedia: "The Siege of Seringapatam (from April to May, 1799) was the final confrontation of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War between the British East India Company and the Kingdom of Mysore. The British, with the allied Nizam of Hyderabad and Maratha, achieved a decisive victory after breaching the walls of the fortress at Seringapatam and storming the citadel. Tipu Sultan, Mysore's ruler, was killed in the action.[1] The British restored the Wodeyar dynasty to the throne after the victory, but retained indirect control of the kingdom. The leader of the British troops was Major General David Baird."
