The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 4John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 157
... success now meant the control of two elements instead of one . Further it was fought out almost exclusively in the Carnatic . First Madras was besieged , and then Pondichery . The only extension of the war into Bengal consisted of ...
... success now meant the control of two elements instead of one . Further it was fought out almost exclusively in the Carnatic . First Madras was besieged , and then Pondichery . The only extension of the war into Bengal consisted of ...
Page 286
... success was due rather to the weakness of the enemy than to the skill of the English . The Mysorean commander ... successes were quickly followed by complete over- throw . Mathews scattered his scanty forces in detachments all over the ...
... success was due rather to the weakness of the enemy than to the skill of the English . The Mysorean commander ... successes were quickly followed by complete over- throw . Mathews scattered his scanty forces in detachments all over the ...
Page 514
... success . We would , therefore , strongly impress upon the commanders of the forces employed in Afghanistan and Sind the import- ance of incurring no unnecessary risk , and of bringing their troops into action under circumstances which ...
... success . We would , therefore , strongly impress upon the commanders of the forces employed in Afghanistan and Sind the import- ance of incurring no unnecessary risk , and of bringing their troops into action under circumstances which ...
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administration affairs Afghans alliance amirs appointed army arrived attack Bengal Bombay British Bussy Calcutta capture Carnatic Chait Singh chief claim Clive coast collectors Colonel command Committee Company's servants Cornwallis council court of directors Deccan declared dispatch district diwanni Dupleix Dutch East India Company emperor enemy England English established European favour February force Fort St David French Gleig governor governor-general grant Hastings's Holkar hostilities Hyder Hyder Ali Idem Impey Ja'far Jang Kasim Khan king lakhs land letter Lord Madras Maratha March ment military Mir Kasim Moghul Muhammad Mysore Nana Nana Phadnavis Nandakumar nawab negotiations Nizam officers orders Oudh Parliamentary peace Peshwa political Pondichery Poona Portuguese position possessions president princes province Raghunath Rao raja Ranjit reform revenue Rohillas ruler rupees secured sent settlement Shah Shuja Sikhs Sindhia success Surat territory Tipu trade treaty troops village Warren Hastings Wellesley wrote zamindars