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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... effect a certain saving , by the consequent reduction in the present home recruiting establishment , which , with the saving of life from the renovation of the constitu- tions of those Indian soldiers employed , would far more than ...
... effect a certain saving , by the consequent reduction in the present home recruiting establishment , which , with the saving of life from the renovation of the constitu- tions of those Indian soldiers employed , would far more than ...
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... effects in raising the siege , and causing a great mortality among the troops . In January , 1749 , intelligence arrived of a cessa- tion of arms between Great Britain and France ; a stop was , therefore , put to hostilities between the ...
... effects in raising the siege , and causing a great mortality among the troops . In January , 1749 , intelligence arrived of a cessa- tion of arms between Great Britain and France ; a stop was , therefore , put to hostilities between the ...
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... effect , that every man who mounted was se- verely wounded . At the bottom of the wall , within the breach , a strong intrenchment , with a deep ditch , had been made , behind which about 4000 of the enemy kept up a hot fire from ...
... effect , that every man who mounted was se- verely wounded . At the bottom of the wall , within the breach , a strong intrenchment , with a deep ditch , had been made , behind which about 4000 of the enemy kept up a hot fire from ...
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... effect on Chundah Saib , who immediately detached from Trichinopoly 4000 troops , which were joined by 150 French Europeans from Pondicherry these arriving at Arcot , were joined by the rest of the enemy before the place , and on the ...
... effect on Chundah Saib , who immediately detached from Trichinopoly 4000 troops , which were joined by 150 French Europeans from Pondicherry these arriving at Arcot , were joined by the rest of the enemy before the place , and on the ...
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... shew them more distinctly , and ena- bled the English to fire with greater effect and pre- cision : had a petard been brought , the gate of the G pagodah might easily have been forced , and the Regent FIRST MADRAS EUROPEAN REGIMENT . 81.
... shew them more distinctly , and ena- bled the English to fire with greater effect and pre- cision : had a petard been brought , the gate of the G pagodah might easily have been forced , and the Regent FIRST MADRAS EUROPEAN REGIMENT . 81.
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1st battalion 1st Regiment afterwards Arcot arrived artillery attack baggage battalions of Sepoys battery Bengal Bombay brigade British Calliaud camp cannon Captain captured cavalry Chundah Clive Colonel column command Cuddalore defence 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 French gallant gallantry garrison George grenadiers guns honour horse Hyder Hyder's army India joined killed and wounded Lally Lawrence Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Clive Lord Cornwallis loss Madras European Regiment Mahratta Major marched Masulipatam ment miles morning mounted Mysore Mysore army Mysoreans Nabob Native Infantry nearly night occasion occupied officers party peans Pettah Pondicherry position prisoners reached 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