Historical Record of the Honourable East India Company's First Madras European Regiment: Containing an Account of the Establishment of Independent Companies in 1645; Their Formation Into a Regiment in 1748; and Its Subsequent Services to 1842Smith, Elder, 1843 - 575 pages |
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... guns and field - pieces not embarked . The troops , on landing , soon cleared the thickets in front of them , and in less than two hours the remainder of the force had been conveyed across on the raft in the same manner : the enemy were ...
... guns and field - pieces not embarked . The troops , on landing , soon cleared the thickets in front of them , and in less than two hours the remainder of the force had been conveyed across on the raft in the same manner : the enemy were ...
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... guns on each flank , and beyond them the Sepoys . The enemy were drawn up behind their field - works , and in a very strong position ; the Soobah's army formed up in large bodies , out- flanking the French position , and his guns had ...
... guns on each flank , and beyond them the Sepoys . The enemy were drawn up behind their field - works , and in a very strong position ; the Soobah's army formed up in large bodies , out- flanking the French position , and his guns had ...
Page 28
... gun the English colours , which , if he pleased to look out for , he might know from thence where the English were ... guns were instantly ordered to answer it , and Lawrence himself saw that they were well pointed . The French General ...
... gun the English colours , which , if he pleased to look out for , he might know from thence where the English were ... guns were instantly ordered to answer it , and Lawrence himself saw that they were well pointed . The French General ...
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... guns as long only as they kept firing . There was nothing like fighting ; the con- duct of the Soobah's troops was cruel and barbarous in the extreme , in slaughtering an unresisting enemy . A large detachment of Mahratta cavalry ...
... guns as long only as they kept firing . There was nothing like fighting ; the con- duct of the Soobah's troops was cruel and barbarous in the extreme , in slaughtering an unresisting enemy . A large detachment of Mahratta cavalry ...
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... guns from the main body having been advanced , the enemy were obliged to fly in disorder . After losing upwards of 300 men , the English brought off their guns and baggage , with little or no loss . The French battalion , this day , was ...
... guns from the main body having been advanced , the enemy were obliged to fly in disorder . After losing upwards of 300 men , the English brought off their guns and baggage , with little or no loss . The French battalion , this day , was ...
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1st battalion afterwards Arcot arrived artillery attack baggage battalion battalions of Sepoys battery bayonet Bengal Bombay brigade British Calliaud camp Captain captured cavalry Chundah Saib Clive Colonel column command Conjeveram convoy Coote Cuddalore defended detachment division encamped enemy enemy's English Ensign Euro European battalion European corps European infantry field-pieces flank companies following day force formed Fort St gallantry garrison grenadiers ground guns honour horse Hyder Hyder's army India infantry joined killed and wounded Lally Lawrence Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Clive loss Madras European Regiment Mahomed Mahratta Major marched Masulipatam ment miles morning mounted Mysore Mysore army Mysoreans Nabob nearly night occupied officers pagodah party peans Pettah Pondicherry position prisoners reached rear redoubt reinforcement repulsed retired retreat river rock sent Sepoys Seringam Seringapatam Shah Zada siege Sir Eyre Coote Smith soldiers storm strong surrendered Tanjore Tippoo Trichinopoly troops Vellore Wallajabad walls Wandiwash whilst