On the afternoon of 4 May when the final attack on the fort was led by Baird, he was again met by " furious musket and rocket fire ", but this did not help much ; in about an hour's time the Fort was taken ; perhaps in another hour Tipu had been shot ( the precise time of his death is not known ), and the war was effectively over.

On the afternoon of 4 May when the final attack on the fort was led by Baird, he was again met by " furious musket and rocket fire ", but this did not help much ; in about an hour's time the fort was taken ; perhaps within another hour Tipu had been shot ( the precise time of his death is not known ), and the war was effectively over.

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