Historical and Descriptive Account of British India from the Most Remote Period to the Present Time ...Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1855 - Great Britain |
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Page 9
... General Wellesley enters Poo- nah - Negotiations with Sindia and the Rajah of Berar - Hostilities ... Cornwallis comes out as Governor - gene- ral - Dies , and is succeeded by Sir George Barlow - Treaties with Sindia and Holkar - Lord ...
... General Wellesley enters Poo- nah - Negotiations with Sindia and the Rajah of Berar - Hostilities ... Cornwallis comes out as Governor - gene- ral - Dies , and is succeeded by Sir George Barlow - Treaties with Sindia and Holkar - Lord ...
Page 84
... general could not grant this to the full extent , but he acceded to the proposal in case future circumstances should ... Lord Cornwallis was probably gratified by learning that Tippoo , by his attack on the Travancore wall , had afforded ...
... general could not grant this to the full extent , but he acceded to the proposal in case future circumstances should ... Lord Cornwallis was probably gratified by learning that Tippoo , by his attack on the Travancore wall , had afforded ...
Page 88
... General Medows in the field displayed courage and tal- ent ; but he had not shown himself equal to the intricate operations of an Indian campaign . Lord Cornwallis , there- fore , determined to resume his original design of directing in ...
... General Medows in the field displayed courage and tal- ent ; but he had not shown himself equal to the intricate operations of an Indian campaign . Lord Cornwallis , there- fore , determined to resume his original design of directing in ...
Page 91
... Lord Cornwallis was still in extreme listress for provisions , and especially forage . Before mak- ing his grand movement upon the capital , he proceeded northward , in hopes of obtaining supplies , and of being joined by 10,000 horse ...
... Lord Cornwallis was still in extreme listress for provisions , and especially forage . Before mak- ing his grand movement upon the capital , he proceeded northward , in hopes of obtaining supplies , and of being joined by 10,000 horse ...
Page 92
... Lord Cornwallis , though he had been so completely dis- appointed in his allies , and though all his departments , es- pecially those of conveyance , were in the most imperfect state , was yet anxiously desirous to bring the war to a ...
... Lord Cornwallis , though he had been so completely dis- appointed in his allies , and though all his departments , es- pecially those of conveyance , were in the most imperfect state , was yet anxiously desirous to bring the war to a ...
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