Calcutta Review, Volume 9University of Calcutta, 1848 |
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... guns . In luxuriance of foliage , in the graceful proximity of tall tree and humble creeper , in that strange vegetation which we hardly know whether to class with plant or with timber , Bengal is unrivalled . Our attention is excited ...
... guns . In luxuriance of foliage , in the graceful proximity of tall tree and humble creeper , in that strange vegetation which we hardly know whether to class with plant or with timber , Bengal is unrivalled . Our attention is excited ...
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... gun - lascars and pioneers - altogether forming a force of twenty - one thousand men , with sixty field pieces ; with this force , another of six thousand men co - ope- rated from the Bombay side under General Stuart . On the 5th of ...
... gun - lascars and pioneers - altogether forming a force of twenty - one thousand men , with sixty field pieces ; with this force , another of six thousand men co - ope- rated from the Bombay side under General Stuart . On the 5th of ...
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... guns captured , with all their baggage and ammunition . Thus , after a struggle of three months , of which the conclud- ing blow was the most desperate , fell the dominions of Scindia upon the Jumna , with the seat of the Mogul , into ...
... guns captured , with all their baggage and ammunition . Thus , after a struggle of three months , of which the conclud- ing blow was the most desperate , fell the dominions of Scindia upon the Jumna , with the seat of the Mogul , into ...
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... guns and tumbrils . In the mean time Holkar continued retreating and Monson advancing - the latter having been considerably rein- forced . Kotah and the pass of Mokundra were successively passed by both armies , and on the 1st of July ...
... guns and tumbrils . In the mean time Holkar continued retreating and Monson advancing - the latter having been considerably rein- forced . Kotah and the pass of Mokundra were successively passed by both armies , and on the 1st of July ...
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... guns . The Mahrattas were foiled and retired from Delhi in disgrace -- the British troops , in this gallant defence , proved that the valour and ability which had heretofore guided their arms had not yet fled , and that they were still ...
... guns . The Mahrattas were foiled and retired from Delhi in disgrace -- the British troops , in this gallant defence , proved that the valour and ability which had heretofore guided their arms had not yet fled , and that they were still ...
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