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... Wellesley , in conse- quence of which hostilities began upon the Malabar coast , must have been dated some time in June , or early in July last . It was now the middle of March ; so that eight months and a half must have elapsed since ...
... Wellesley , in conse- quence of which hostilities began upon the Malabar coast , must have been dated some time in June , or early in July last . It was now the middle of March ; so that eight months and a half must have elapsed since ...
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... Wellesley , and the officers and soldiers by whom these splendid achievements were per- formed . Lord Castlereagh con- ceived the wisdom of the original arrangements , and the skill dis- played in their execution , to be much beyond the ...
... Wellesley , and the officers and soldiers by whom these splendid achievements were per- formed . Lord Castlereagh con- ceived the wisdom of the original arrangements , and the skill dis- played in their execution , to be much beyond the ...
Page 98
general Wellesley had conquered every thing from Scindia in the Guzerat and the Decan , while general Lake had subdued every thing in another quarter . It was also to be remembered , that the Mahrattas were a power materially different ...
general Wellesley had conquered every thing from Scindia in the Guzerat and the Decan , while general Lake had subdued every thing in another quarter . It was also to be remembered , that the Mahrattas were a power materially different ...
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... Wellesley might have given orders to set the army in motion ; but if such con , nexion with an army were to be admitted as a claim to parlia mentary thanks , the commander in chief of this country would have had a right to be included ...
... Wellesley might have given orders to set the army in motion ; but if such con , nexion with an army were to be admitted as a claim to parlia mentary thanks , the commander in chief of this country would have had a right to be included ...
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... Wellesley , the im mediate cause of the war was the refusal of the confederated Mar- hatta chieftains to separate and to withdraw to their usual stations , within their respective territories , the armies which they had assem Bled and ...
... Wellesley , the im mediate cause of the war was the refusal of the confederated Mar- hatta chieftains to separate and to withdraw to their usual stations , within their respective territories , the armies which they had assem Bled and ...
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