The captivity, sufferings, and escape of James Scurry Who was detained a prisoner during ten years, in the dominions of Hyder Ali and Tippoo Saib - Scurry, James
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James Scurry was a British soldier and memoirist. He was held captive by Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan for 10 years (1780-1790) at Seringapatam. He had been kept as a prisoner, first at Bangalore and then moved to the Seringapatnam ( modern day name is Srirangapatnam) fort. After his escape from Tipu's army, in Chitradurg (called Chitterdroog) he reached an English camp. He prepared a narrative of his captivity in 1794, but it was not published until 1824, after his death. This book are his memoir's which relates the sufferings and treatment of the captured English soldiers, Mangalorean Catholics,…mehr

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James Scurry was a British soldier and memoirist. He was held captive by Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan for 10 years (1780-1790) at Seringapatam. He had been kept as a prisoner, first at Bangalore and then moved to the Seringapatnam ( modern day name is Srirangapatnam) fort. After his escape from Tipu's army, in Chitradurg (called Chitterdroog) he reached an English camp. He prepared a narrative of his captivity in 1794, but it was not published until 1824, after his death. This book are his memoir's which relates the sufferings and treatment of the captured English soldiers, Mangalorean Catholics, and other prisoners of war by Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, the rulers of the Kingdom of Mysore in India.
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James Scurry was a British soldier and author who lived from 1766 to 1822. Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan held him hostage at Seringapatam for 10 years, from 1780 to 1790. He had been kept as a prisoner, first at Bangalore and then at the Seringapatnam fort. In Chitterdroog, he reached an English camp after escaping from Tipu's army. In 1794, he wrote a story about his time in prison, but it wasn't published until 1824 after he had died. After getting to England, Scurry worked in many places. He first worked as a supervisor for a grocery wholesaler, and then he started his own grocery store. He got married again in 1800 and had eight children, but only one son and one daughter lived to adulthood. He is known for his memoir, The captivity, sufferings, and escape of James Scurry, who was held as a prisoner for ten years, in the dominions of Hyder Ali and Tippoo Saib (1824). In it, he talks about how Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, the rulers of the Kingdom of Mysore in India, treated captured English soldiers, Mangalorean Catholics, and other prisoners of war.