Map of the Battle of Pollilur, 1781 (Pollilur, near Kanchipuram, Tamil Nādu, India) 12°50'00"N 79°43'00"E

S. Davis (active 1781) (surveyor and draughtsman) [top left, below title:] Drawn on the Spot by S. Davis / Ens.ⁿ & Assist.^t Engineer.

Subject(s)

Watermark: J WHATMAN

Mark, stamped: 1013

Condition: two fold lines; dirt is present across the whole face of the map and has been erased from the bottom right corner in order to write the old heading in a clean space. Verso: heavy surface dirt along left and right edges; the pattern of dirt along the left edge suggests that the map was at one time stored as a roll; two recent paper repairs to top right and right edges

Scale: 1:7,315 approx. Scale bar: [125 mm =] 1000 Yards.

64.6 x 98.9 cm (neatline)

64.9 x 99.4 cm (image)

65.2 x 99.7 cm (sheet)

Manuscript title:

A PLAN / OF / THE ACTION OF THE 27,^TH AUG,^T 1781 / near the Village of / POLILORE / in which the ARMY of HYDER ALLY was / defeated / by the Brittish Troops under the Command / of / LIEUT. GEN.^L SIR EYRE COOTE K.B. [top left]

Additional text:

[bottom left, in two columns, a descriptive key, a-i, k-w:] REFERENCES [bottom right, a recapitulation of the strength of the British army and a return of the killed, wounded and missing:] REMARKS.

Annotations:

George III heading: [bottom left, black pencil:] Military [bottom right, black pencil:] Polilore 1781.

Other annotations: (Recto) none. (Verso) [bottom right, black pencil:] Polilore 1781 XIV.61.5. [The ‘61.5’ is crossed out in black pencil and ‘67’ is substituted.]

K. Mil. dummy sheet:

Title [ink:] A drawn Plan of the Action of the 27.^th of August 1781 near the Village of Polilore; in which the / Army of Hyder Ally was defeated by the British Troops under the command of Lieut. Gen.^l Sir Eyre / Coote KB. by S Davis Eng.^r / A Roll ... [black pencil] 5 Table 2.^d / in a modern hand, crossed out in black pencil:] Missing / [in Yolande Hodson's hand:] not missing. 6/87 YH / now in box XIV oversize / [George III heading, red ink:] Battle of Polilore 27 Aug. 1781. 
Watermark: BUDGEN & WILMOTT 1810. 
Size: 46.9 x 32.6 cm (sheet).

George III catalogue entry:

Polilore A drawn Plan of the Action of the 27.^th of Aug.^t 1781 near the Village of Polilore, in which the Army of Hyder Ally was defeated by the British Troops under the command of Lieut. General Sir Eyre Coote: by S. Davis Eng.