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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... Battalions Formation of the four Battalions into two Regiments 368 • 369 369 370 1797 Expedition to Manilla . 375 1798 New Pay - warrant published - Stations of the different detachments of the Corps 376 1799 A detachment from the Corps ...
... Battalions Formation of the four Battalions into two Regiments 368 • 369 369 370 1797 Expedition to Manilla . 375 1798 New Pay - warrant published - Stations of the different detachments of the Corps 376 1799 A detachment from the Corps ...
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... battalion . On the evening of the 17th June , 1748 , the French , with 800 Europeans , and 1000 Sepoys , attacked Cuddalore , but were repulsed with some loss by the European battalion under Lawrence , the enemy never halting until ...
... battalion . On the evening of the 17th June , 1748 , the French , with 800 Europeans , and 1000 Sepoys , attacked Cuddalore , but were repulsed with some loss by the European battalion under Lawrence , the enemy never halting until ...
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... battalion were engaged , and inflicted on the enemy a severe loss ; Ensign Clive particularly dis- tinguishing himself on the occasion . On the 5th of October the siege of Pondicherry was raised , during which upwards of 1000 Europeans ...
... battalion were engaged , and inflicted on the enemy a severe loss ; Ensign Clive particularly dis- tinguishing himself on the occasion . On the 5th of October the siege of Pondicherry was raised , during which upwards of 1000 Europeans ...
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... battalion lost thirty men . After a few days spent in repairing and improving the defences of the fort , Major Lawrence detached 100 of the Europeans and 300 Sepoys , to take possession of the strong pagoda of Atchaveram , which was ...
... battalion lost thirty men . After a few days spent in repairing and improving the defences of the fort , Major Lawrence detached 100 of the Europeans and 300 Sepoys , to take possession of the strong pagoda of Atchaveram , which was ...
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... battalion was in the way , but the elephant was driven on within a few yards of its ranks , when a musket shot , fired by a Caffre in the French corps , shot the Nabob through the heart , and he fell dead on the plain . On seeing this ...
... battalion was in the way , but the elephant was driven on within a few yards of its ranks , when a musket shot , fired by a Caffre in the French corps , shot the Nabob through the heart , and he fell dead on the plain . On seeing this ...
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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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