Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh Review, Volume 4Tauchnitz, 1850 - 349 pages |
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Page 8
... French colours were displayed on Fort St. George ; and the contents of the Company's warehouses were seized as prize of war by the conquerors . It was stipulated by the capitulation that the English inhabitants should be prisoners of ...
... French colours were displayed on Fort St. George ; and the contents of the Company's warehouses were seized as prize of war by the conquerors . It was stipulated by the capitulation that the English inhabitants should be prisoners of ...
Page 9
... French arms on the continent of India were at the dis- posal of the governor of Pondicherry alone ; and that Madras should be rased to the ground . Labourdonnais was com- pelled to yield . The anger which the breach of the capitula ...
... French arms on the continent of India were at the dis- posal of the governor of Pondicherry alone ; and that Madras should be rased to the ground . Labourdonnais was com- pelled to yield . The anger which the breach of the capitula ...
Page 10
... French Crowns ; but there arose between the English and French Companies trading to the East a war most eventful and important , a war in which the prize was nothing less than the magnificent inheritance of the house of Tamerlane . The ...
... French Crowns ; but there arose between the English and French Companies trading to the East a war most eventful and important , a war in which the prize was nothing less than the magnificent inheritance of the house of Tamerlane . The ...
Page 17
... French soldiers , and two thousand sepoys , dis- ciplined after the European fashion , to the assistance of his confederates . A battle was fought . The French distinguished themselves greatly . Anaverdy Khan was defeated and slain ...
... French soldiers , and two thousand sepoys , dis- ciplined after the European fashion , to the assistance of his confederates . A battle was fought . The French distinguished themselves greatly . Anaverdy Khan was defeated and slain ...
Page 18
... French governor . It was rumoured that he had received two hundred thousand pounds sterling in money , besides many valuable jewels . In fact , there could scarcely be any limit to his gains . He now ruled thirty millions of people with ...
... French governor . It was rumoured that he had received two hundred thousand pounds sterling in money , besides many valuable jewels . In fact , there could scarcely be any limit to his gains . He now ruled thirty millions of people with ...
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