article_snippet.sent: But when 30-year-old Duke of Wellington Wellington defeated and killed Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore, in 1799, troops plundered the city and the palace, returning to Britain with gold, jewellery, arms, armour, clothing and even Tipu's grand throne.
article_snippet.sent: The Tiger of Mysore, Tipu Sultan, left, and army general, Arthur Wellesley, right, fought in India in 1799.
article_snippet.sent: But Arthur Wellesley earned Arthur Wellesley stripes fighting in Mysore and rushed to check the Sultan's pulse when Arthur Wellesley was killed .
article_snippet.sent: Storming of Seringapatam under General Baird and death of Tipu Sultan, May 4, 1799, in the Mysore War. 
article_snippet.sent: Tipu Sultan was shot and killed in the onslaught .
article_snippet.sent: Wellington was a 30-year-old army general when a 30-year-old army general led troops to Mysore in the late 18th century.
article_snippet.sent: a 30-year-old army general elder brother Richard Wellesley, the British Governor General, had waged war against Tipu Sultan after a spy intercepted a letter from Napoleon proposing an alliance.
article_snippet.sent: It was to be the fourth war between the Brits and the southern Indian kingdom of Mysore in just over 30 years.
article_snippet.sent: a young Arthur Wellesley led the British army into Tipu's stronghold of Seringapatam, the capital of Mysore, on April 5 1799 with the military planning and precision that came to be his strongest attributes.
article_snippet.sent: Tipu Sultan was shot and killed in the onslaught, and a young Arthur Wellesley dashed to the scene to check Tipu Sultan pulse.
article_snippet.sent: Tipu Sultan was the first adversary of General Arthur Wellesley, who went on to become the Duke of WellingtonWellington. '
highlights_snippet.sent: 30-year-old Duke of Wellington fought Tipu Sultan as an army general in 1799 .
  