Warren Hastings: A BiographyAllen, 1878 - 383 páginas |
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... the river made no effort to avert . At last the soldiers , worn out with heat and watching , broke into the liquor stores . Amidst the ensuing drunkenness and disorder , while Holwell was parleying with the enemy , some of.
... the river made no effort to avert . At last the soldiers , worn out with heat and watching , broke into the liquor stores . Amidst the ensuing drunkenness and disorder , while Holwell was parleying with the enemy , some of.
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A Biography Lionel James Trotter. while Holwell was parleying with the enemy , some of the Nawab's soldiers rushed into the fort and in a few minutes all its surviving defenders had fallen into the hands of their dreaded conqueror . Then ...
A Biography Lionel James Trotter. while Holwell was parleying with the enemy , some of the Nawab's soldiers rushed into the fort and in a few minutes all its surviving defenders had fallen into the hands of their dreaded conqueror . Then ...
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... enemy's ships . On the same day , the bold Colonel Forde , fresh from his victories in Southern India , drove the Dutch troops , with much slaughter , back into Chinsura . On the following day a larger force of Dutchmen , Sepoys , and ...
... enemy's ships . On the same day , the bold Colonel Forde , fresh from his victories in Southern India , drove the Dutch troops , with much slaughter , back into Chinsura . On the following day a larger force of Dutchmen , Sepoys , and ...
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... enemy if things went well with them , reached the scene of action three days too late . It was now his cue to side with the victors ; and his threats against the vanquished made them bow the more readily to Clive's demands . Early in ...
... enemy if things went well with them , reached the scene of action three days too late . It was now his cue to side with the victors ; and his threats against the vanquished made them bow the more readily to Clive's demands . Early in ...
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... killed by lightning at the age of twenty - one , had raised everywhere new enemies to his father's weak rule . Baffled and beaten by Knox and Caillaud , the young Shah VANSITTART'S GOVERNMENT . 47 Alam still held his ground in.
... killed by lightning at the age of twenty - one , had raised everywhere new enemies to his father's weak rule . Baffled and beaten by Knox and Caillaud , the young Shah VANSITTART'S GOVERNMENT . 47 Alam still held his ground in.
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