History of England from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Versailles: 1713 - 1783 : In Seven Volumes, Volume 5Tauchnitz, 1853 |
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... Clive He surprises Arcot 315 317 Besieged by Rajah Sahib His heroic defence The enemy repulsed Action at Arnee And at Coverpauk Major Lawrence • The French compelled to lay down their arms Clive returns to Europe Pacification between ...
... Clive He surprises Arcot 315 317 Besieged by Rajah Sahib His heroic defence The enemy repulsed Action at Arnee And at Coverpauk Major Lawrence • The French compelled to lay down their arms Clive returns to Europe Pacification between ...
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... Clive returns to Europe Transactions in the Carnatic Comte de Lally lands at Pondicherry He reduces Fort St. David And razes its works to the ground His siege of Madras He is compelled to retreat Naval actions Colonel Eyre Coote lands ...
... Clive returns to Europe Transactions in the Carnatic Comte de Lally lands at Pondicherry He reduces Fort St. David And razes its works to the ground His siege of Madras He is compelled to retreat Naval actions Colonel Eyre Coote lands ...
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... Clive . In Africa the French had succeeded in engrossing to themselves the gum trade , along five hundred miles of coast , from Cape Blanco to the river Gambia ; they had built Fort Louis within the mouth of the Senegal ; they had ...
... Clive . In Africa the French had succeeded in engrossing to themselves the gum trade , along five hundred miles of coast , from Cape Blanco to the river Gambia ; they had built Fort Louis within the mouth of the Senegal ; they had ...
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... Clive by Sir John Malcolm ( 3 vols . ed . 1836 ) , though ill - digested , is fraught with many interesting facts and letters , and the article upon it by Mr. Macaulay , ( Edinburgh Review , No. cxlii . ) is equally accurate and ...
... Clive by Sir John Malcolm ( 3 vols . ed . 1836 ) , though ill - digested , is fraught with many interesting facts and letters , and the article upon it by Mr. Macaulay , ( Edinburgh Review , No. cxlii . ) is equally accurate and ...
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... Clive , then a merchant's clerk , afterwards a conqueror and statesman . It was not long ere some troops were sent out by Dupleix ( Dupleix himself was no warrior ) for the reduction of Fort St. David ; but the Nabob of Arcot , to whom ...
... Clive , then a merchant's clerk , afterwards a conqueror and statesman . It was not long ere some troops were sent out by Dupleix ( Dupleix himself was no warrior ) for the reduction of Fort St. David ; but the Nabob of Arcot , to whom ...
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