 This bolstered the regiment's number to 700 men.At the end of the war with the French, the number of Crown regiments had been reduced and the regiment was re-ranked as the 72nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot on 12 September 1786.In December 1789 the Third Anglo-Mysore War started and the regiment saw action at the Siege of Bangalore in February 1791 and the Siege of Savendroog in December 1791 as well as the Siege of Seringapatam in February 1792 which marked the end of the War.