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him with the Marathas and the Nizam of Haidarabad, and the allied armies marched into the Mysore coun- try. Very little was effected by the first season's oper- ations, and in 1791, when Lord Cornwallis took com- mand in person, the advance upon Seringapatam failed. But in the following year's campaign Tippu was over- AN ACTION AT SERINGAPATAM. powered, besieged in his capital, and compelled to sign a treaty in 1792 which crippled his resources and stripped him of half his territory, including Coorg and the Malabar district along the western seacoast. From that time forward he was constantly seeking ways and means of revenge; and he clung desperately to the vain hope of foreign alliances that might strengthen his hands against the English. He negoti- ated with the Marathas, with Zaman Shah, the Afghan