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... 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.
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... 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 . A.D. 1753-54 . TREATY BETWEEN THE COMPANIES . and it. 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 ...
... guns and ammunition . A.D. 1753-54 . TREATY BETWEEN THE COMPANIES . and it. 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 ...
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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Afghâns Akber Ally army arrived attack Aurungzîb Bala Hissar Bengal Bombay British Câbul Calcutta camp Capt Carnatic cavalry chief Clive coast command Company Company's council court death Deckan defeated defence Delhi Directors dominions Dupleix Dutch East emperor empire enemy engaged English Europeans favour fire fled force French garrison gave governor Governor-general guns Gûzerât Gwalior Hastings Hindoo Holkar honour horse Hyder India infantry jagheer Jehân joined Khân king lacs of rupees Lahore Lally letter Lord Lord Cornwallis Lord Wellesley Madras Mahmûd Marattas Meer Jaffier miles Mogul Mohammed Mysore Nabob named native Nizâm officers Omichund Oude party Patna Peishwa Persian plunder Pondicherry Portuguese prince prisoner proceeded rajah Râo reached refused resident resolved retired returned river Rohillas rupees sent Sepoys Shâh ships siege Sikh Sing soon Sûbahdâr surrender Tanjore territory throne tion Tippoo took town trade treaty Trichinopoly troops vizîr whole wounded
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Page 55 - Elizabeth under the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies.
Page 182 - At Beymaroo we formed squares to resist the distant fire of infantry, thus presenting a solid mass against the aim of perhaps the best marksmen in the world, the said squares being securely perched on the summit of a steep and narrow ridge, up which no cavalry could charge with effect.
Page 122 - I resolved," — these are the words of Hastings himself, — "to draw from his guilt the means of relief to the Company's distresses, to make him pay largely for his pardon, or to exact a severe vengeance for past delinquency.
Page 124 - SIR : When this note is delivered to you by Hoolas Roy, I have to desire that you order the two prisoners to be put in irons, keeping them from all food, etc., agreeably to my instructions of yesterday.
Page 121 - And is the peace so certain," said he, " that you quit all before the negotiation is ended ? The possession of these rich countries would have kept Tippoo in awe, and inclined him to reasonable terms. But you quit the reins, and how will you manage the beast?" The Colonel could only answer,
Page 93 - Clive abused the power with which he was entrusted to the evil example of the servants of the public and to the dishonour and detriment of the State.
Page 150 - All'our wars cannot perhaps with propriety be considered wars of necessity ; but most of those by which the territories we possess have been obtained, and out of which our subsidiary alliances have grown, have been wars, I think, of necessity and not of choice. For example, the wars with Tippoo and the Mahrattas.
Page 77 - entering the Nabob's treasury at Moorshedabad, " with heaps of gold and silver to the right and left, and
Page 141 - Company, during the period of their sovereignty, have done more in behalf of their subjects, have shown more good-will towards them, have shown less of a selfish attachment to mischievous powers lodged in their own hands, have displayed a more generous welcome to schemes of improvement, and are more willing to adopt improvements, not only than any other sovereign existing in the same period, but than all other sovereigns taken together on the face of the globe.
Page 12 - Ferishtah, was endowed with every princely virtue and those who scrutinize her actions most severely will find in her no fault but that she was a woman.