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 489
... Pondicherry , the last French stronghold in India . The British Cabinet were encouraged to hold their heads high in the critical days of July . Apart from Pitt , the Cabinet were generally for peace , and largely on financial grounds ...
... Pondicherry , the last French stronghold in India . The British Cabinet were encouraged to hold their heads high in the critical days of July . Apart from Pitt , the Cabinet were generally for peace , and largely on financial grounds ...
Page 779
... Pondicherry , Karikal and the comptoir at Surat , the whole of the Northern Circars and Masulipatam were demanded . Spain required the cession of Minorca , all Florida , the Bahamas , British possessions and rights in Honduras ...
... Pondicherry , Karikal and the comptoir at Surat , the whole of the Northern Circars and Masulipatam were demanded . Spain required the cession of Minorca , all Florida , the Bahamas , British possessions and rights in Honduras ...
Page 904
... Pondicherry from the Dutch , 321 ; 323 ; capture of Madras and the Peace of Aix - la - Chapelle , 376 , 547-8 ; defeated at Wandewash , 485 ; loss of Pondicherry , 489 ; 525-6 ; 529-30 ; war with the English ( 1778 ) , 713 ; and the ...
... Pondicherry from the Dutch , 321 ; 323 ; capture of Madras and the Peace of Aix - la - Chapelle , 376 , 547-8 ; defeated at Wandewash , 485 ; loss of Pondicherry , 489 ; 525-6 ; 529-30 ; war with the English ( 1778 ) , 713 ; and the ...
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