strength, he was compelled to capitulate; but he marched out with all the honours of war, and even Tippoo Sultan kept honourably to the terms of the capitulation, and gave the garrison a safe conduct to Bombay. Colonel Campbell arrived there on March 13, and ten days later he was laid to rest in the cathedral in that city. The Bombay Government, at last recognizing his work, erected a monument to commemorate his heroic defence of the little fort committed to his charge. The actual siege of Mangalore lasted from May 23 to July 27, 1783, when hostilities ceased; but from that date until January 30, 1784, the garrison suffered from the want of food and the exposure necessitated by being ever on the alert in case of treachery. The losses of the garrison between those dates amounted to-- +-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _British Troops._ |-----------|-----------| | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |Total of British troops| 12 | 15 | 45 | 127 | |42nd R. Highlanders | 5 | 4 | 34 | 96 | +-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ +-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ | |_Officers._| _Men._ | | _Native Troops._ |-----------|-----------+ | | K. | W. | K. | W. | +-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ |Total of Native troops | 5 | 16 | 121 | 438 | +-----------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+ On p. 74 I have given the strength of the garrison on May 24, the actual date of the commencement of the siege. The "marching-out" state on January 27, 1784, shows the true extent of the sufferings of the garrison of Mangalore: +-----------------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | | MAY 24, 1783. | JAN. 27, 1784. | | _Regiments._ +-----------+-------+-----------+-------+ | |_Officers._| _Men._|_Officers._| _Men._| +-----------------------------+-----------+-------+-----------+-------+ |British: | | | | | | 42nd and details | 28 | 245 | 16 | 119 | | Bombay Artillery | 4 | 15 | 3 | 9 | | Bombay Fusiliers | 6 | 55 | 4 | 19 | | Officers of Sepoy Corps | 32 | - | 23 | - | | | | | | | |Natives: | | | | | | Bombay Artillery | 4 | 133 | 3 | 83 | | 8th Grenadiers and details | 63 | 1,261 | 53 | 490 | +-----------------------------+-----------+-------+-----------+-------+ MYSORE. This honour is now borne by the following regiments: