Chapter 391: The Secret Weapon from New Zealand

A delegation of Maori, led by Fernand Dufresne, boarded the dock, then took sedan chairs carried by locals to head for Mangalore City.

Several days later.

To the north of Mangalore, here lies the vanguard camp of the Mysore Corps, stationed with over 5,000 Mysore soldiers, as well as 100 elite Tunisians brought by Lafayette — the Tunisian soldiers are unquestionably considered exceptional here — and less than 15 kilometers to their north is the defense line set up by Britain in southern Karnataka.

Following his usual inspection of the camp, Lafayette looked towards the British stronghold with some irritation.

After his recent repeated reconnaissance, he had basically confirmed that there were only 1,200 British Army soldiers and between 3,000 to 5,000 Maratha soldiers, allies of the British in India.

Based on previous engagements, his concentrated force of 12,000 here could breach northern Karnataka within a month if they committed fully to the offensive.