A History of India: From the Earliest Times to the Present DayWhittaker, 1847 - 198 pages |
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Page 19
... guns , and fly in the night , leav- ing his army to shift for itself . He fled to Cambay , and thence to the little isle of Diu . The open country readily submitted to Humâyun , but the hill - fort of Champaner long held out . At length ...
... guns , and fly in the night , leav- ing his army to shift for itself . He fled to Cambay , and thence to the little isle of Diu . The open country readily submitted to Humâyun , but the hill - fort of Champaner long held out . At length ...
Page 47
... infantry . He had 200 guns , and numerous wall - pieces , and a large supply of rockets , which were much used in Indian warfare . The whole number within his lines , in- clusive of the soldiers and their followers , is stated.
... infantry . He had 200 guns , and numerous wall - pieces , and a large supply of rockets , which were much used in Indian warfare . The whole number within his lines , in- clusive of the soldiers and their followers , is stated.
Page 64
... guns , at that distance , had little effect , and the fire of the besieged was double of theirs ; the rains came on , sickness prevailed , storms would soon drive the ships off the coast , and there seemed little chance of taking the ...
... guns , at that distance , had little effect , and the fire of the besieged was double of theirs ; the rains came on , sickness prevailed , storms would soon drive the ships off the coast , and there seemed little chance of taking the ...
Page 68
... guns and ammunition . This memorable defence had lasted fifty days , and owing to deaths , wounds , and sickness , the number of those who repelled the storm was only 80 Europeans and 120 Sepoys . To the honour of these last it is ...
... guns and ammunition . This memorable defence had lasted fifty days , and owing to deaths , wounds , and sickness , the number of those who repelled the storm was only 80 Europeans and 120 Sepoys . To the honour of these last it is ...
Page 73
... guns , and stores on shore again . The expedition thus reduced con- sisted of 900 Europeans , a " fine body of Europeans , " Clive terms them , " full of spirit and resentment for the insults and barbarities inflicted on so many British ...
... guns , and stores on shore again . The expedition thus reduced con- sisted of 900 Europeans , a " fine body of Europeans , " Clive terms them , " full of spirit and resentment for the insults and barbarities inflicted on so many British ...
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Afghân Agra Akber Ally army attack Aurungzîb Bâber Bala Hissar Bengal Bramin British brother Câbul Calcutta camp Capt cavalry chief Clive coast command Company council court Dârâ death Deckan defeated defence Delhi dominions Dupleix East emperor empire enemy engaged English Europeans favour fled force French garrison gave Ghuzni Golconda governor Governor-general guns Gûzerât Hastings Hindoo Holkar honour horse Humâyun Hyder India Indus jagheer joined Khân king lacs of rupees Lahore Lord Lord Cornwallis Madras Mahmûd Malwa Marattas Meer Jaffier miles Mogul Mohammed Mohammedan Mysore Nabob named native Nizâm Nûr obliged officers Omichund Oude party Patna Peishwa Persian plunder Pondicherry Portuguese prince prisoner Punjab rajah Rajpût reached reduced reign resident resolved retired returned river Rohillas rupees sent Sepoys Sevajee Shâh Shah Jehân siege Sikh Sing soon Sûbahdâr surrender territory throne Timûr tion Tippoo took town trade treaty Trichinopoly troops vizîr whole