A History of the British Army: 1763-1793AMS Press, 1976 - Great Britain |
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action advance American April army Arnold arrived artillery attack Bangalore Baramahal Barbados battalions battalions of Sepoys batteries Benedict Arnold Bengal brigade British Burgoyne Burgoyne's Caillaud campaign captured Carolina cavalry Charleston Clinton Colonel Colonies column command companies Cornwallis Cornwallis's defence detachment enemy enemy's England entrenchments Europeans fire fleet force forward four French garrison Germaine Grenadiers Guards guns heavy Hessians hills horse Howe's hundred Hyder Hyder Ali India Island Jamaica July June killed and wounded Light Infantry Lord Lord Rawdon loss loyalists Madras Mahrattas Martinique Meanwhile Meer Cossim miles military militia Minorca moved Mysore Nizam numbers officers once operations party Patna position posts provinces Rawdon rear redoubt regiments regular troops reinforcements retired retreat Rhode Island river Rohillas sailed sent Sepoys Sept Seringapatam Shah Alum ships Shuja Dowlah siege soldiers squadron success Tarleton thousand Tippoo Tippoo Sahib Washington West Indies whole York