The History of British India, Volume 8Madden, 1848 |
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... enemy ; and some of the chiefs do not hesitate to declare their opinion of the superiority of the British forces . We have hitherto , say they , but hunted deer ; if we engage in this war , we must prepare to fight tigers . It is clear ...
... enemy ; and some of the chiefs do not hesitate to declare their opinion of the superiority of the British forces . We have hitherto , say they , but hunted deer ; if we engage in this war , we must prepare to fight tigers . It is clear ...
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... enemy with little hazard of suffering retaliation . To main- tain large bodies of troops in the field would be attended with the same expense , in whatever man- ner they might be employed ; and the cost was likely to be heaviest in the ...
... enemy with little hazard of suffering retaliation . To main- tain large bodies of troops in the field would be attended with the same expense , in whatever man- ner they might be employed ; and the cost was likely to be heaviest in the ...
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... enemy in the province of Gerhwal . The third divi- sion , of about 4,500 troops , was placed under the orders of Major - General John Sullivan Wood , and was to march from the Gorakhpur frontier through the long - disputed districts of ...
... enemy in the province of Gerhwal . The third divi- sion , of about 4,500 troops , was placed under the orders of Major - General John Sullivan Wood , and was to march from the Gorakhpur frontier through the long - disputed districts of ...
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... enemy , and was to march through Makwanpur directly to Khat- mandu . Arrangements were made at the same time for the defence of the interjacent parts of the British frontier by local corps ; and at the south- eastern end of the line ...
... enemy , and was to march through Makwanpur directly to Khat- mandu . Arrangements were made at the same time for the defence of the interjacent parts of the British frontier by local corps ; and at the south- eastern end of the line ...
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... enemy . An Lieut . - Colonel Mawbey , having marched upon Kalanga , summoned the garrison to surrender . answer of defiance was returned to the summons , ' and an attack was in consequence made upon the fort on the 24th October . With ...
... enemy . An Lieut . - Colonel Mawbey , having marched upon Kalanga , summoned the garrison to surrender . answer of defiance was returned to the summons , ' and an attack was in consequence made upon the fort on the 24th October . With ...
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1st batt 2nd battalion advance alliance Amir Khan Arabs army arrived artillery attack authority Baji Rao Berar Bhopal body Bombay BOOK brigade British Government camp Captain cavalry CHAP Cheetoo chiefs command Court defence Dekhin detachment dispatched districts division effect enemy engaged European fire followed foot frontier Gaekwar garrison Ghat Gorkha Governor-General guns Guzerat Gwalior hills Hislop Holkar horse hostilities hundred Hyderabad India Jaypur Jeswant Rao Jodhpur Kandesh Karim Kiladar killed Kota lakhs lands letter Lieutenant Lord Moira Madras Mahratta Major Malwa marched Marquis of Hastings ment miles military minister Mohammed Nagpur Native infantry Nawab Nepal Nerbudda Nizam officers party Peshwa Pindari war Pindaris plunder Poona possession princes principal province Raja of Nagpur Rajput regiment Resident retreat revenue river rupees Saheb Satara sent Sindh Sindhia Sing sion Sipahis Sir John Malcolm Sitabaldi surrender territories Thomas Hislop thousand tion town treaty Trimbak troops village