The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 376
... Madras , but next year the victories of Anson and Hawke in the Bay of Biscay destroyed the relics of her marine and with them all present hope of victory overseas . So weary was her court of the war that the bargain was struck unknown ...
... Madras , but next year the victories of Anson and Hawke in the Bay of Biscay destroyed the relics of her marine and with them all present hope of victory overseas . So weary was her court of the war that the bargain was struck unknown ...
Page 529
... Madras council , he finally resolved to venture with his warships and transports into the Hooghly , conveying all the Madras troops under Clive for the recovery of Calcutta.1 Under the imminent menace of the arrival of a French fleet ...
... Madras council , he finally resolved to venture with his warships and transports into the Hooghly , conveying all the Madras troops under Clive for the recovery of Calcutta.1 Under the imminent menace of the arrival of a French fleet ...
Page 548
... Madras . In the terms of the capitulation the governor was allowed to ransom it for £ 420,000 , which was paid . Dupleix , however , subsequently refused to observe the capitulation as being made without his superior authority and kept ...
... Madras . In the terms of the capitulation the governor was allowed to ransom it for £ 420,000 , which was paid . Dupleix , however , subsequently refused to observe the capitulation as being made without his superior authority and kept ...
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