Warren Hastings: A BiographyAllen, 1878 - 383 páginas |
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... Sepoys * trained on the French pattern , his officers had beaten many times their own number of native troops led by native commanders . The English also began to drill their own Sepoys , to strengthen their defences , to seek allies ...
... Sepoys * trained on the French pattern , his officers had beaten many times their own number of native troops led by native commanders . The English also began to drill their own Sepoys , to strengthen their defences , to seek allies ...
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... would barely have sufficed for the wants of an Indian Sepoy , or a very poor and thrifty husbandman in Bengal . His " commons , " however , were found THE COMPANY'S SERVANTS . 19 him by the Company , 18 WARREN HASTINGS : A BIOGRAPHY .
... would barely have sufficed for the wants of an Indian Sepoy , or a very poor and thrifty husbandman in Bengal . His " commons , " however , were found THE COMPANY'S SERVANTS . 19 him by the Company , 18 WARREN HASTINGS : A BIOGRAPHY .
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... Sepoys , three guns and a few officers , mostly untried in war , he made his way through rain and storm to the gates of Arkot . Struck with panic at the sight of men whom even a heavy thunderstorm could not keep back , the garrison fled ...
... Sepoys , three guns and a few officers , mostly untried in war , he made his way through rain and storm to the gates of Arkot . Struck with panic at the sight of men whom even a heavy thunderstorm could not keep back , the garrison fled ...
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... the Nawáb's relations with Dulab Rám , the head of a powerful family of bankers and financiers named Sett . One evening in August , 1758 , a number of Sepoys forced their way into the Nawab's palace , clamouring loudly for their 3.
... the Nawáb's relations with Dulab Rám , the head of a powerful family of bankers and financiers named Sett . One evening in August , 1758 , a number of Sepoys forced their way into the Nawab's palace , clamouring loudly for their 3.
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... of these people to do nothing through inclination . Ten sepoys or chokeys , now and then , will greatly expedite the payment of the money . " Hastings promises to " use all possible means , " for collecting the money , but Clive.
... of these people to do nothing through inclination . Ten sepoys or chokeys , now and then , will greatly expedite the payment of the money . " Hastings promises to " use all possible means , " for collecting the money , but Clive.
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