BRITISH COULD NOT CAPTURE THIS Krishnagiri Fort | Full Exploration with Detailed Historical Facts

The brief history of this fort about the events of 3rd Anglo Mysore war is as follows
While Qamar-ud-din Khan had proceeded against Coimbatore, a detachment of his army, chiefly horse, was sent under Baqar Saheb to reinforce the garrison of Krishnagiri and to cut off the communica tions of the English army in Mysore with the Carnatic. Bagar Saheb marched through the Thopur pass with great rapidity and secrecy, and succeeded in reinforcing Krishnagiri. Part of his detachment returned with a sum of money which had been collected in the district, while the rest remained in Baramahal with the object of interrupting English convoys. The appearance of this force having alarmed Corn- wallis, he sent Maxwell in the direction of Pennagaram, a mud fort, not far from the entrance at Thopur, which had been occupied by a portion of Baqar Saheb's force and formed the base of his operations. Maxwell appeared before the place on October 31, and summoned the garrison, but they fired upon the flag. Thereupon, the fort was assaulted and carried by an escalade. The defenders demanded quarter, but it was refused, and 200 men were put to the sword before the anger of the English troops could be controlled.
Owing to the loss of Pennagaram and other important places in Baramahal, Baqar Saheb felt that he could not successfully carry on operations in the district, so he descended by the pass of Changama into the Carnatic. But finding that Floyd was present there with his cavalry to oppose his advance, and that any enter prise towards Madras would be hazardous, he turned southward, and re-entered Mysore by the pass of Ambur, thirty miles east of Salem. Early in January 1791, however, a body of horse belonging to his division succeeded in penetrating into the heart of the Carnatic which they began to ravage. They even reached almost to the gates of Fort St. George, burning several of the adjacent villages, and carrying off large quantities of plunder. But they did not stay there long; they disappeared as quickly as they came.¹ After the capture of Pennagaram, which he dismantled, Maxwell proceeded against Krishnagiri, the only important place which Tipu still held in Baramahal. Maxwell encamped on November 7 within a few miles of it, and the same night he carried the lower fort by an escalade without meeting much resistance, the garrison having been. taken by surprise. He tried to follow up this success and attempted to gain the upper fort as well. For two hours the struggle continued. But the Mysoreans rolled down enormous stones which crushed at once both the ladders brought to climb the walls and the men. Owing to the heavy loss which the English sustained, Maxwell had to give up the siege. After destroying the lower fort and setting fire to the town, he proceeded to reduce several small forts which were still in the hands of the Mysoreans, and then rejoined the main army."
After establishing his communications with the Carnatic and the Nizam's territory, Cornwallis decided to reduce the formidable forts lying between Bangalore and Seringapatam in order to prevent the possibility of a second retreat from a deficiency of supplies. He directed his efforts first to the capture of the strong fort of Savandurga, which offered great advantage to the Sultan for interrupting com- munications between Bangalore and his capital.
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