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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... English service , did they behave well : besides , they inva- riably deserted on the breaking out of hostilities with their own country . After the capture of the Cape of Good Hope in 1795 , nearly 400 Germans , made prisoners there ...
... English service , did they behave well : besides , they inva- riably deserted on the breaking out of hostilities with their own country . After the capture of the Cape of Good Hope in 1795 , nearly 400 Germans , made prisoners there ...
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... English soldiers sent out in the Company's ships , and , on occasions of emergency , a few European mercenaries or deserters from the various French , Dutch , and Portuguese settlements , in India : in addition to these , were a few ...
... English soldiers sent out in the Company's ships , and , on occasions of emergency , a few European mercenaries or deserters from the various French , Dutch , and Portuguese settlements , in India : in addition to these , were a few ...
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... English recruits and a large quan- tity of ordnance and military stores , arrived from England ; and early in the following year , twenty more recruits landed . The fortifications at the same time were much strengthened and improved ...
... English recruits and a large quan- tity of ordnance and military stores , arrived from England ; and early in the following year , twenty more recruits landed . The fortifications at the same time were much strengthened and improved ...
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... English factory there : " an ensign of tried courage and fidelity , " was sent from Fort St. George with thirty soldiers for his protection , and were the first European soldiers sent to Bengal . 1683-84 . In the following year the ...
... English factory there : " an ensign of tried courage and fidelity , " was sent from Fort St. George with thirty soldiers for his protection , and were the first European soldiers sent to Bengal . 1683-84 . In the following year the ...
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... English were involved in hostilities at Hooghly , from a quarrel in the bazar between some of the nabobs and three English soldiers , in which the latter were wounded . The garrison im- mediately beat to arms , and turned out a severe ...
... English were involved in hostilities at Hooghly , from a quarrel in the bazar between some of the nabobs and three English soldiers , in which the latter were wounded . The garrison im- mediately beat to arms , and turned out a severe ...
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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 afterwards Arcot arrived artillery attack baggage battalions of Sepoys battery bayonet Bengal Bombay breach brigade British Calliaud camp Captain captured cavalry Chundah 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 ground guns honour horse Hyder Hyder's army India joined Kamptee killed and wounded Lally Lawrence Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Clive loss Madras European Regiment Mahratta Major marched Masulipatam ment miles morning mounted Mysore Mysoreans Nabob native infantry nearly night occasion occupied officers pagodah party peans Pettah Pondicherry position prisoners Rangoon rank rear redoubt regi reinforcement repulsed retired retreat returned 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
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