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 528
... Madras ; and peace was restored by the com- promise of 1754 between the two Companies . But the flame kindled in Canada , passing into Europe , now spread a conflagration in southern India . In 1756-7 it flared up in Bengal . The ...
... Madras ; and peace was restored by the com- promise of 1754 between the two Companies . But the flame kindled in Canada , passing into Europe , now spread a conflagration in southern India . In 1756-7 it flared up in Bengal . The ...
Page 530
... Madras was broken by the arrival of Captain Kempenfelt's light squadron with reinforcements and stores ( 16 February 1758 ) ; and French control of the Circars district was overthrown by Clive's opportune despatch from Bengal of a force ...
... Madras was broken by the arrival of Captain Kempenfelt's light squadron with reinforcements and stores ( 16 February 1758 ) ; and French control of the Circars district was overthrown by Clive's opportune despatch from Bengal of a force ...
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CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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