The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 529
... Clive for the recovery of Calcutta.1 Under the imminent menace of the arrival of a French fleet , and braving the blasts of the autumnal monsoon , the little force beat up deviously towards the Hooghly . There it rescued the survivors ...
... Clive for the recovery of Calcutta.1 Under the imminent menace of the arrival of a French fleet , and braving the blasts of the autumnal monsoon , the little force beat up deviously towards the Hooghly . There it rescued the survivors ...
Page 530
... Clive's opportune despatch from Bengal of a force under Colonel Forde , which , landing on that coast , took the enemy by surprise , and finally , with naval help , captured Masulipatam ( 8 April 1759 ) . British control was thus ...
... Clive's opportune despatch from Bengal of a force under Colonel Forde , which , landing on that coast , took the enemy by surprise , and finally , with naval help , captured Masulipatam ( 8 April 1759 ) . British control was thus ...
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... Clive , Robert , Lord , victory of , at Plassey , 476 , 529-30 Cocke , Captain , 308 Codrington , Christopher , Governor of Barbados , founder of Codrington College , 381 ; 418 ; 513-14 ; 519 Codrington College , Barbados , founded 1716 ...
... Clive , Robert , Lord , victory of , at Plassey , 476 , 529-30 Cocke , Captain , 308 Codrington , Christopher , Governor of Barbados , founder of Codrington College , 381 ; 418 ; 513-14 ; 519 Codrington College , Barbados , founded 1716 ...
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