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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... French prisoners of war would , on their release , enlist in the corps , a system which was only resorted to from the great scarcity of Europeans in India : it , however , was not long persisted in : the French were very frequently ...
... French prisoners of war would , on their release , enlist in the corps , a system which was only resorted to from the great scarcity of Europeans in India : it , however , was not long persisted in : the French were very frequently ...
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... French 1747 Defence of Fort St. David - Repulse of the French 1748 Formation of the Corps into a Battalion Affair at Cuddalore Siege of Pondicherry 1749 Tanjore Campaign · Defence of Trichinopoly Defence of Tanjore Reduction of Madura ...
... French 1747 Defence of Fort St. David - Repulse of the French 1748 Formation of the Corps into a Battalion Affair at Cuddalore Siege of Pondicherry 1749 Tanjore Campaign · Defence of Trichinopoly Defence of Tanjore Reduction of Madura ...
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... French Rock 115 Battle at French and Sugar - loaf Rocks 116 1755 Expedition against Angria 120 1756 Capture of Gheira 120 Expedition to Bengal 121 Capture of Budge - Budge 1757 Recapture of Calcutta , Hooghly , & c . Capture of ...
... French Rock 115 Battle at French and Sugar - loaf Rocks 116 1755 Expedition against Angria 120 1756 Capture of Gheira 120 Expedition to Bengal 121 Capture of Budge - Budge 1757 Recapture of Calcutta , Hooghly , & c . Capture of ...
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... French 300 , and one vessel dismasted ; but the English fleet was obliged to go into harbour . The French returned to Pondicherry , and shortly afterwards sailed with a large armament for the reduction of Madras . The only troops the ...
... French 300 , and one vessel dismasted ; but the English fleet was obliged to go into harbour . The French returned to Pondicherry , and shortly afterwards sailed with a large armament for the reduction of Madras . The only troops the ...
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... French seamen . The troops , with their artillery and stores , were landed next day , and on the 7th bombarded the fort from a battery of nine mortars , which they erected to the westward , within five hundred yards of the walls . The ...
... French seamen . The troops , with their artillery and stores , were landed next day , and on the 7th bombarded the fort from a battery of nine mortars , which they erected to the westward , within five hundred yards of the walls . The ...
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Historical Record of the Honourable East India Company's First Madras ... James George Smith Neill Affichage du livre entier - 1843 |
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1st battalion 1st Regiment 4th battalion afterwards Arcot arrived artillery attack baggage battalions of Sepoys batteries battle Bengal Bombay breach brigade British Calliaud camp cannon Captain captured cavalry Clive Colonel column command Commander-in-chief Cuddalore defence detachment division encamped enemy enemy's English Ensign Euro European corps European infantry field-pieces flank companies following day force formed Fort St French gallant gallantry garrison grenadiers guns honour horse Hyder Hyder's army India joined killed and wounded Lally Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Clive Lord Cornwallis loss Madras European Regiment Mahratta Major marched Masulipatam ment miles morning moved Mysore Mysore army Mysoreans Nabob native infantry nearly night occasion occupied officers party peans Pettah Pondicherry position prisoners rank rear redoubt regi reinforcement repulsed retired retreat river sent Sepoys sergeants Seringapatam Shah Zada siege Sir Eyre Coote Smith soldiers stockade storm strong surrendered Tanjore Tippoo Trichinopoly troops Vellore Wallajabad Wandiwash whilst