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 16
... whole range of buildings , and endeavour to prevent the enemy from penetrating into them . This plan seems justly censured by Orme , since they had no force to defend so extensive a circuit pervaded by so many avenues . They ought to ...
... whole range of buildings , and endeavour to prevent the enemy from penetrating into them . This plan seems justly censured by Orme , since they had no force to defend so extensive a circuit pervaded by so many avenues . They ought to ...
Page 17
... whole 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 ...
... whole 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 ...
Page 18
... whole of the officers and troops , 146 in number , were compelled to enter ; and on their venturing to remon- strate , the commander ordered every one who should hesitate to be instantly cut down . Thus were they forcibly thrust into ...
... whole of the officers and troops , 146 in number , were compelled to enter ; and on their venturing to remon- strate , the commander ordered every one who should hesitate to be instantly cut down . Thus were they forcibly thrust into ...
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... whole , was decidedly hostile . The commissioners , being warned by a friendly Indian to take care of themselves , departed abruptly , and safely reached the head - quarters . Clive , having now formed his resolution , attacked next ...
... whole , was decidedly hostile . The commissioners , being warned by a friendly Indian to take care of themselves , departed abruptly , and safely reached the head - quarters . Clive , having now formed his resolution , attacked next ...
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... whole force of Bengal , aided by the French troops , was an undertaking which even Clive scarcely dared to contemplate . He judged it necessary to pave the way by other and somewhat less honourable means . An oriental court , and ...
... whole force of Bengal , aided by the French troops , was an undertaking which even Clive scarcely dared to contemplate . He judged it necessary to pave the way by other and somewhat less honourable means . An oriental court , and ...
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