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Military unit
The
98th Regiment of Foot
(1780?1785) was a short-lived infantry regiment in the
British Army
which was raised in England in 1780 as a infantry corps for service in India.
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En route to India by sea the regiment was involved in the indecisive naval
battle of Porto Praya
in the
Cape Verde Islands
, where they had anchored to take on water. After arriving in India in 1781 the regiment took part in the
Second Mysore war
against the
Kingdom of Mysore
, but was obliged to surrender to the forces of
Tipu Sultan
at the
siege of Bednore
and were interned until the
Treaty of Mangalore
in 1784.
Following its release the regiment sailed home to England and were disbanded in 1785.
The Colonel-Commandant of the Regiment throughout its short life was Colonel William Fullarton, who was later made colonel of the
101st Foot
.
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Regimental titles in
italics
indicate they were disbanded or renumbered before 1881.
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