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 713
... Hastings , realising the danger of a combined attack from the Marathas and the French , determined to strike the first blow . He despatched a force under Colonel Leslie to march across India to the aid of a Pretender to the Peishwa ...
... Hastings , realising the danger of a combined attack from the Marathas and the French , determined to strike the first blow . He despatched a force under Colonel Leslie to march across India to the aid of a Pretender to the Peishwa ...
Page 756
... Hastings had always been nervous of French intervention , the weak French squadron in Indian waters had retired to Mauritius in August 1778 , leaving their settlements to be reduced by the British . The cap- ture of one of these , Mahé ...
... Hastings had always been nervous of French intervention , the weak French squadron in Indian waters had retired to Mauritius in August 1778 , leaving their settlements to be reduced by the British . The cap- ture of one of these , Mahé ...
Page 887
... Hastings , 1772-1785 .... Calcutta , 1892 . GAILLARDET , F. Mémoire du chevalier d'Éon .. 3 vols . Brussels , 1837 . .. GARDEN , Comte G. DE . Histoire générale des traités de paix .... 15 vols . Paris , 1848-87 . GOEBEL , J. The ...
... Hastings , 1772-1785 .... Calcutta , 1892 . GAILLARDET , F. Mémoire du chevalier d'Éon .. 3 vols . Brussels , 1837 . .. GARDEN , Comte G. DE . Histoire générale des traités de paix .... 15 vols . Paris , 1848-87 . GOEBEL , J. The ...
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