A Voyage to the East Indies: Began in 1750 with Observations Continued Till 1764; Including Accounts of the Mogul Government in General, the Viceroyalties of the Decan and Bengal, and Independent States; Particularily Those of Angria, the Morattoes, and Tanjoreans. Of the Religions in India, and General Reflections on the Trade of India. Of the European Settlements. The Rise of the War in India, to the Conclusion of the General Peace of Europe in 1763, Band 2author; and sold, 1766 |
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... some of the western provinces , and reftored all the rett to the unhappy Mogul , whom he formally reinstated in the throne of his ancestors . Nadir Shah then returned to Perfia at the end of the year 1739 , with an immenfe treasure ...
... some of the western provinces , and reftored all the rett to the unhappy Mogul , whom he formally reinstated in the throne of his ancestors . Nadir Shah then returned to Perfia at the end of the year 1739 , with an immenfe treasure ...
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... some horse , at an entrench- ment they had thrown up , about four miles from the town , which they abandoned at the approach of the army . THE garrifon of Pondicherry confifted of 2000 Europeans , and 3000 Indians . Governor Dupleix ...
... some horse , at an entrench- ment they had thrown up , about four miles from the town , which they abandoned at the approach of the army . THE garrifon of Pondicherry confifted of 2000 Europeans , and 3000 Indians . Governor Dupleix ...
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... Some forts taken by both parties . Chunda Saib encamps near VOL- CONDA : a defcription of that fort . The English are defeated there , and retreat to Trichinopoli : that city defcribed - The character of captain CLIVE : He is fent with ...
... Some forts taken by both parties . Chunda Saib encamps near VOL- CONDA : a defcription of that fort . The English are defeated there , and retreat to Trichinopoli : that city defcribed - The character of captain CLIVE : He is fent with ...
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... some of their fepoys fired upon the ramparts from the adjacent houfes . At midnight , enfign Glass was sent with ten men to blow up two of the houses which most annoyed the fort ; but the enfign was unsuccessful in the attempt , and ...
... some of their fepoys fired upon the ramparts from the adjacent houfes . At midnight , enfign Glass was sent with ten men to blow up two of the houses which most annoyed the fort ; but the enfign was unsuccessful in the attempt , and ...
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... Some fkirmishes happened , of little confequence , during the month of October : but the befiegers fired fmartly every day , and supplied the befieged with a great number of cannon - balls , all of which had the English mark ; being the ...
... Some fkirmishes happened , of little confequence , during the month of October : but the befiegers fired fmartly every day , and supplied the befieged with a great number of cannon - balls , all of which had the English mark ; being the ...
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admiral Pocock affiftance againſt alfo Allee Cawn alſo Arcot army arrived artillery attack battalion battery befiegers Bengal Calcutta camp captain Clive Carnatic Cavite Chunda Saib coaft Coleroon colonel colonel Clive colonel Coote command commiffioned commodore company's confifted Deckan detachment Dupleix Dutch Eaft encamped enemy English Europeans fame feamen fent fepoys fervice fettlements feven feveral fhall fhips fhot fhould fide fiege fignal fire fituation foldiers fome foon Fort St fouth fquadron French ftores fuch fuffered fupport furrendered garrifon Gingee Golconda governor guns himſelf hoftilities Holwell horfe horſe India iſland killed Lally land lieutenant lofs Madrafs Mahomed major Lawrence marched miles moft Mogul Mogul empire Morattoes moſt Nabob Nazirzing Negapatnam officers pagoda Patna perfons pieces of cannon poffeffion poft Polygar Pondicherry prefent prefidency prifoners provifions Salabatzing Seringham ſhips Soubah Tanjore thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe took town Trichinopoli troops veffels viceroy weft whofe wounded
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Seite 476 - Decan ; and both parties shall renounce all demands and pretensions of satisfaction with which they might charge each other, or their Indian allies, for the depredations or pillage committed on the one side or on the other during the war.
Seite 217 - Thus, in a few hours, and without losing a single man, had "the spirited resolution of Commodore James destroyed the timorous prejudices which had for twenty years been entertained of the impracticability of reducing any of Angria's fortified harbours.
Seite iii - There are alfo among the woods and mountainous parts of the country feveral petty princes, or heads of dan.s, diftinguifhed by the name 'of Polygars.
Seite 206 - Auguft, as to return te his work. In the mean time, the ftores which they had faved from the wreck were fo near exhaufted, that they came to an allowance of two ounces of bread a man per day, and had no fait pork, except what they were determined to keep to victual their boat; water aifo fell Ihort.
Seite 444 - BY the fame fallacious fophiftry, a ftate may object to the payment of the ranfoms of fhips taken at fea, and to contributions levied in a country which is the feat of war. But it is always allowed that in fuch cafes, a part muft be facrificed to...
Seite 245 - Air, air !' was the general cry. Every insult that could be devised against the guard ; all the opprobrious names that the viceroy and his officers could be loaded with, were repeated to provoke the guard to fire upon them.
Seite 476 - Sumatra, to be restored; he engages farther, not to erect fortifications, or to keep troops in any part of the dominions of the Subah of Bengal.
Seite 243 - ... eighteen feet, in a close sultry night, in Bengal, shut up to the eastward and southward (the only quarters from whence air could reach us) by dead walls, and by a wall and door to the north, open only to the westward by two windows, strongly barred with iron, from which we could receive scarce any the least circulation of fresh air.
Seite 441 - Propositions contained in the Paper delivered on the Part of His Excellency the Governor and His Council will be Listened to and Confirmed to them upon their payment of four millions of Dollars, the Half to be Paid Immediately, the other Half to be Paid in a time to be agreed upon [and hostages and security Given for that Purpose.
Seite 446 - ... when compofed of fuch a variety and confufion of people, who differed as much in fentiments and language, as in drefs and complexion. Several hours elapfed, before the principal magiftrates could be brought to a conference ; during that interval the inhabitants were undoubtedly great fuierers.