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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... Garrison deserted by the Ships and the Governor -Surrender - Confinement in the Black Hole - Dreadful Sufferings- Conduct of the Nabob - Armament from Madras under Clive and Wat- son - Their Landing and first Encounter with the Enemy ...
... Garrison deserted by the Ships and the Governor -Surrender - Confinement in the Black Hole - Dreadful Sufferings- Conduct of the Nabob - Armament from Madras under Clive and Wat- son - Their Landing and first Encounter with the Enemy ...
Page 13
... Garrison deserted by the Ships and the Governor -Surrender - Confinement in the Black Hole - Dreadful Sufferings- Conduct of the Nabob -- Armament from Madras under Clive and Wat- son - Their Landing and first Encounter with the Enemy ...
... Garrison deserted by the Ships and the Governor -Surrender - Confinement in the Black Hole - Dreadful Sufferings- Conduct of the Nabob -- Armament from Madras under Clive and Wat- son - Their Landing and first Encounter with the Enemy ...
Page 16
... garrison did not muster above 514 men , of whom only 174 were Euro peans , and of these not ten had ever seen service beyond the parade ; for even this duty had been enforced so negli- gently that many , according to Mr. Holwell , did ...
... garrison did not muster above 514 men , of whom only 174 were Euro peans , and of these not ten had ever seen service beyond the parade ; for even this duty had been enforced so negli- gently that many , according to Mr. Holwell , did ...
Page 17
... garrison sought refuge within the fragile walls of the fort . From this time the most sanguine lost almost every hope of a successful resistance ; and yet no measures were taken for withdrawing the troops . At night , indeed , the women ...
... garrison sought refuge within the fragile walls of the fort . From this time the most sanguine lost almost every hope of a successful resistance ; and yet no measures were taken for withdrawing the troops . At night , indeed , the women ...
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... garrison , called the black hole ; it consisted of a space eighteen feet square , with only two small windows barred with iron , opening into the close veranda , and scarcely admitting a breath of air . Into this narrow recep- tacle ...
... garrison , called the black hole ; it consisted of a space eighteen feet square , with only two small windows barred with iron , opening into the close veranda , and scarcely admitting a breath of air . Into this narrow recep- tacle ...
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