Warren Hastings: A BiographyAllen, 1878 - 383 páginas |
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... troops to the rescue of Hastings - His coolness in the midst of danger - Rebellion of Chait Singh - Pop- ham's successful advance - Capture of Bijigarh and flight of the Rajah - Hastings ' compact with the Nawab of Oudh at Chunár - The ...
... troops to the rescue of Hastings - His coolness in the midst of danger - Rebellion of Chait Singh - Pop- ham's successful advance - Capture of Bijigarh and flight of the Rajah - Hastings ' compact with the Nawab of Oudh at Chunár - The ...
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... troops led by native commanders . The English also began to drill their own Sepoys , to strengthen their defences , to seek allies among neighbouring princes , and to make their quarrels a means of gaining fresh advantages for them ...
... troops led by native commanders . The English also began to drill their own Sepoys , to strengthen their defences , to seek allies among neighbouring princes , and to make their quarrels a means of gaining fresh advantages for them ...
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... troops he had gathered for the chastisement of a rebellious vassal in Parniah . What followed must be told in the fewest words . At the first sight of an army 50,000 strong a great panic seized upon our countrymen in Calcutta . On the ...
... troops he had gathered for the chastisement of a rebellious vassal in Parniah . What followed must be told in the fewest words . At the first sight of an army 50,000 strong a great panic seized upon our countrymen in Calcutta . On the ...
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... troops from Madras , if it had shortened their supplies of food , had prepared them to look for the coming of larger reinforcements in due time . It was not till August that the disasters at Calcutta were made known to the English at ...
... troops from Madras , if it had shortened their supplies of food , had prepared them to look for the coming of larger reinforcements in due time . It was not till August that the disasters at Calcutta were made known to the English at ...
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... troops of Chanda Sahib , the new - made Nawáb of the Carnatic . With five hundred Englishmen and 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 ...
... troops of Chanda Sahib , the new - made Nawáb of the Carnatic . With five hundred Englishmen and 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 ...
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