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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... Detachment - Sir Eyre Coote sent from Calcutta - He gains several Advantages - Loss of Colonel Brathwaite's Detachment - Negotiations -Operations on the Western Coast - Death of Hyder - Tippoo suc- ceeds - Dissensions in the Madras ...
... Detachment - Sir Eyre Coote sent from Calcutta - He gains several Advantages - Loss of Colonel Brathwaite's Detachment - Negotiations -Operations on the Western Coast - Death of Hyder - Tippoo suc- ceeds - Dissensions in the Madras ...
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... Detached Hindoo Tribes- Rajpootana - Her Nobles - Bards - Princesses - Infanticide -- The Jha- rejahs - Nayrs of Calicut - Bheels - Tudas - Mohammedan Population --Parsees - Jits or Jauts .. 238 CHAPTER VIII . BRITISH GOVERNMENT OF ...
... Detached Hindoo Tribes- Rajpootana - Her Nobles - Bards - Princesses - Infanticide -- The Jha- rejahs - Nayrs of Calicut - Bheels - Tudas - Mohammedan Population --Parsees - Jits or Jauts .. 238 CHAPTER VIII . BRITISH GOVERNMENT OF ...
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... detachment , which made an unexpected attack in the night . Our countrymen suffered considerably before they could form their ranks ; their two field - pieces fell into the hands of the enemy , who fortunately knew not how to use them ...
... detachment , which made an unexpected attack in the night . Our countrymen suffered considerably before they could form their ranks ; their two field - pieces fell into the hands of the enemy , who fortunately knew not how to use them ...
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... detachment that con- trived to make their escape . Complete success had crowned this undertaking ; yet Clive soon felt the critical situation in which his very triumph had placed him . The nabob and the French were united against his ...
... detachment that con- trived to make their escape . Complete success had crowned this undertaking ; yet Clive soon felt the critical situation in which his very triumph had placed him . The nabob and the French were united against his ...
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... detachment of English under the direc- tion of Mr. Watts , who was now instructed to foment all the ingredients of discord in the Indian court and camp . His views being soon understood , overtures were made by a person named Yar Khan ...
... detachment of English under the direc- tion of Mr. Watts , who was now instructed to foment all the ingredients of discord in the Indian court and camp . His views being soon understood , overtures were made by a person named Yar Khan ...
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