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| | Hyder Ali |
 | | On the loss of his recently made fleet and forts on the western coast, Hyder Au now offered overtures for peace; on the rejection of these, bringing all his resources and strategy into play, he forced Colonel Smith to raise the siege of Bangalore, and brought his army within 5 m. |
 | | Under these arrangements Hyder Ali, when defeated by the Mahrattas in 1772, claimed British assistance, but ~n vain; this breach of faith stung him to fury, and thenceforward he and his son did not cease to thirst for vengeance. |
 | | Warren Hastings sent from Bengal Sir Eyre Coote, who, though repulsed at Chidambaram, defeated Hyder thrice successively in the battles of Porto Novo, Pollilur and Sholingarh, while Tippoo was forced to raise the siege of Wandiwash, and Vellore was provisioned. |
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