Battle of Sittimungulum

The Battle of Sittimungulum (variant spellings include Sattiamungulum, Sathinungulum) was a series of battles and skirmishes fought between 13 and 15 September 1790, during the Third Anglo-Mysore War, in and near the town now known as Sathyamangalam in the southern part of the Kingdom of Mysore. Forces of Mysore's ruler Tipu Sultan very nearly overwhelmed a British East India Company force under the command of Captain John Floyd.

References

• Fortescue, John William (1902). A history of the British army, Volume 3. Macmillan. http://books.google.com/books?id=1GlKAAAAYAAJ&dq=floyd%20coimbatore%201790&pg=PA557#v=onepage&q=floyd%20coimbatore%201790&f=false. 
• Marshman, John Clark (1863). The history of India