Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, KB was an Anglo-Irish army officer and politician who represented Leicester and Poole in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1768 to 1780. He is best known fo
c. 1763 portrait
Memorial at Westminster Abbey by Thomas Banks
Monument to Eyre Coote in West Park
Second Anglo-Mysore War
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The Second Anglo-Mysore War was a conflict between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company from 1780 to 1784. At the time, Mysore was a key French ally in India, and the conflict betw
Above: Siege of Cuddalore Below: Battle of Pollilur
The Battle of Pollilur, where the forces of Hyder Ali effectively used Mysorean rockets and rocket artillery against closely massed British forces.
The British Army encamped below the rock of Sholingarh
William Baillie Memorial, Seringapatam