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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... Tippoo suc- ceeds - Dissensions in the Madras Government - Death of Sir Eyre Coote - Peace between England and France - Bednore surrenders to General Mathews - Retaken by the Sultan - Siege of Mangalore - Peace with Tippoo .. CHAPTER ...
... Tippoo suc- ceeds - Dissensions in the Madras Government - Death of Sir Eyre Coote - Peace between England and France - Bednore surrenders to General Mathews - Retaken by the Sultan - Siege of Mangalore - Peace with Tippoo .. CHAPTER ...
Page 40
... Tippoo suc- ceeds - Dissensions in the Madras Government - Death of Sir Eyre Coote - Peace between England and France - Bednore surrenders to General Mathews - Retaken by the Sultan - Siege of Mangalore - Peace with Tippoo . In the ...
... Tippoo suc- ceeds - Dissensions in the Madras Government - Death of Sir Eyre Coote - Peace between England and France - Bednore surrenders to General Mathews - Retaken by the Sultan - Siege of Mangalore - Peace with Tippoo . In the ...
Page 46
... Tippoo , then nine years old . These last , however , were received into Seringapa- tam , and treated with kindness . The expelled chief sought refuge first at Anicul and then at Bangalore , places under his immediate command , and of ...
... Tippoo , then nine years old . These last , however , were received into Seringapa- tam , and treated with kindness . The expelled chief sought refuge first at Anicul and then at Bangalore , places under his immediate command , and of ...
Page 51
... Tippoo , son to Hyder , afterward so deadly an enemy to the English name , then only a boy of seven- teen , made a rapid excursion with 5000 horse to the vicin- ity of Madras , and had nearly surprised several of the Eu- ropean ...
... Tippoo , son to Hyder , afterward so deadly an enemy to the English name , then only a boy of seven- teen , made a rapid excursion with 5000 horse to the vicin- ity of Madras , and had nearly surprised several of the Eu- ropean ...
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... Tippoo , he assailed him with the bitterest reproaches ; then seizing a thick cane , applied it to his back with such vehemence that the marks remained visible for upwards of a week . The prince , burning with indignation , went to the ...
... Tippoo , he assailed him with the bitterest reproaches ; then seizing a thick cane , applied it to his back with such vehemence that the marks remained visible for upwards of a week . The prince , burning with indignation , went to the ...
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