Dictionary of Indian Biography/Dalrymple, James

DALRYMPLE, JAMES ( ? –1800)

Commanded the 29th battalion in Madras, 1788 : at the storming of Gurrumcondah in Nov. 1791 : took Raichur for the Nizam from insurgents, March, 1796 : in the Nizam's contingent under General A. Wellesley, 1799 : in the assault of Seringapatam, May 4, 1799 : after the capture commanded the Hyderabad Subsidiary Force : took several forts from Dhoondia Waugh, the freebooter, and