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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... distinguished characters , furnish a correct and graphic account of the earliest services of the Madras European Infantry ; after - historians , and old official and regimental records have added to this stock of information ; and from ...
... distinguished characters , furnish a correct and graphic account of the earliest services of the Madras European Infantry ; after - historians , and old official and regimental records have added to this stock of information ; and from ...
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... distinguished part in almost every service in Asia where British troops have been engaged . To the members of the regiment , a history of its services cannot but prove highly gratifying and instructive ; and , existing as there does ...
... distinguished part in almost every service in Asia where British troops have been engaged . To the members of the regiment , a history of its services cannot but prove highly gratifying and instructive ; and , existing as there does ...
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... distinguished themselves the enemy were imperceptibly led on by them into broken and rocky ground , where cavalry could not act ; and some of the guns from the main body having been advanced , the enemy were obliged to fly in disorder ...
... distinguished themselves the enemy were imperceptibly led on by them into broken and rocky ground , where cavalry could not act ; and some of the guns from the main body having been advanced , the enemy were obliged to fly in disorder ...
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... distinguished himself with great bravery during the storm . Two hours after these repulses , the enemy again opened a heavy fire of musketry and cannon . At two in the afternoon they requested leave to bury their dead , which was ...
... distinguished himself with great bravery during the storm . Two hours after these repulses , the enemy again opened a heavy fire of musketry and cannon . At two in the afternoon they requested leave to bury their dead , which was ...
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... distinguished services have been performed by such a handful of men , with such uni- form determination and valour , on most occasions , under particularly disadvantageous circumstances and against superior numbers . It is not too much ...
... distinguished services have been performed by such a handful of men , with such uni- form determination and valour , on most occasions , under particularly disadvantageous circumstances and against superior numbers . It is not too much ...
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Historical Record of the Honourable East India Company's First Madras ... James George Smith Neill Affichage du livre entier - 1843 |
Historical Record of the Honourable East India Company's First Madras ... James George Smith Neill Affichage du livre entier - 1843 |
Historical Record of the Honourable East India Company's First Madras ... James George Smith Neill Aucun aperçu disponible - 2015 |
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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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