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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... Body of Adherents -Commands at Dindigul - His power augmented - Violence of Nun- jeraj , who is reduced to Distress - Hyder relieves and then supplants him - His own Danger - Extricates himself , and becomes complete Master of Mysore ...
... Body of Adherents -Commands at Dindigul - His power augmented - Violence of Nun- jeraj , who is reduced to Distress - Hyder relieves and then supplants him - His own Danger - Extricates himself , and becomes complete Master of Mysore ...
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... bodies into Bengal ; and , though often repulsed , repeatedly renewed their in- roads . The prudence and valour of Aliverdi preserved his dominions from conquest , but not from ruinous depredation . He secured the attachment of his ...
... bodies into Bengal ; and , though often repulsed , repeatedly renewed their in- roads . The prudence and valour of Aliverdi preserved his dominions from conquest , but not from ruinous depredation . He secured the attachment of his ...
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... bodies of troops , and a ditch and palisade then drawn round the whole . They might thus , in our author's opinion , have kept their ground till the an- nual fleet arrived , which would at least have secured their retreat . They ...
... bodies of troops , and a ditch and palisade then drawn round the whole . They might thus , in our author's opinion , have kept their ground till the an- nual fleet arrived , which would at least have secured their retreat . They ...
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... bodies being covered with boils , that had broken out in conse- quence of their confinement ; to which , however , these eruptions were supposed to afford relief . The other sur- vivors were liberated ; while the dead bodies were ...
... bodies being covered with boils , that had broken out in conse- quence of their confinement ; to which , however , these eruptions were supposed to afford relief . The other sur- vivors were liberated ; while the dead bodies were ...
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... bodies of irregular cavalry . The resistance was vigorous ; the garrison took one of the English batteries , and blew ... body . Major Carnac , who in these circumstances assumed the command , did not feel himself in a condition to under ...
... bodies of irregular cavalry . The resistance was vigorous ; the garrison took one of the English batteries , and blew ... body . Major Carnac , who in these circumstances assumed the command , did not feel himself in a condition to under ...
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