Episodes of Anglo-Indian History: A Series of Chapters from the Annals of British India, Showing the Rise and Progress of Our Indian EmpireMarlborough, 1879 - 348 pages |
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Afghan Akbar Khan Album amirs arms arrived artillery attack Bala Hissar Baluchis batteries battle Bengal Brigadier British army British government Bussy Calcutta camp cannon Captain captured cavalry Cawnpur chief Clive cloth Colonel column command Company compelled courage defeated defence Dekkan Delhi despatched Dupleix enemy enemy's English Europeans fell fire force fortress French garrison gilt Governor Governor-General guns Gwalior Haidarabad honour horse Hyder Hyder Ali India Indus infantry Jaffier Jellalabad Jung Kabul Kandahar Khâlsa killed Lahore lakhs Lally Lord Lord Gough Lord Lake Madras Marathis MARLBOROUGH ment miles military Mogul Mohamed Mohamedan Mulraj Mysore native Nawab officers Omichund Oudh Peishwa Peshawer Pondichery position possession princes prisoners provinces Punjab Raja Ranjit Sinh regiments resolved retreat river rupees Sahib sent sepoys Seraja Shah Sujah Shir Sinh siege Sikhs Sinde Sir Charles soldiers Subadar Sutlej territory tion Tippoo treaty Trichinopoly troops victory wounded
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Page 85 - Every servant of a British factor was armed with all the power of his master ; and his master was armed with all the power of the Company. Enormous fortunes were thus rapidly accumulated at Calcutta, while thirty millions of human beings were reduced to the extremity of wretchedness.
Page 3 - Elizabeth under the name of the Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies.
Page 70 - Mussulmans are so little influenced by gratitude, that, should he ever think it his interest to break with us, the obligations he owes us would prove no restraint : and this is very evident from his having lately removed his Prime Minister, and cut off two or three principal officers, all attached to our interest, and who had a share in his elevation.
Page 71 - But so large an object may possibly be an object too extensive for a mercantile company; and it is to be feared they are not of themselves able, without the nation's assistance, to maintain so wide a dominion.
Page 163 - I regret to say that our loss has been very severe, infinitely beyond what I calculated on; indeed, I did not do justice to the gallantry of my opponents. Their force, however, so greatly exceeded ours, particularly in artillery, the position of their guns was so commanding, they were so well served, and determinedly defended, both by their gunners and their infantry, and the peculiar difficulties of the country giving the defending force so great advantages, that it could not be otherwise.
Page 70 - The great revolution that has been effected here by the success of the English arms, and the vast advantages gained to the Company by a treaty concluded in consequence thereof, have, I observe, in some measure engaged the public attention ; but much more may yet in time be done if the Company will yet exert themselves in the manner the importance of their present possessions and future prospects deserves.
Page 287 - The field of battle was strewed with the bodies of men and horses, and the richness of the trappings of some of the latter seemed to attest that persons of distinction had been among the casualties.
Page 71 - Nabob to make the payments agreeable to the former usage; nay, further: application has been made to me from the Court of Delhi, to take charge of collecting this payment, the person entrusted with which is styled the King's Dewan, and is the next person both in dignity and power to the Subah.
Page 86 - he says, ' how is the ' English name sunk ! I could not avoid paying the tribute of a * few tears to the departed and lost fame of the British nation — ' irrecoverably so, I fear. However, I do declare, by that great ' Being who is the searcher of all hearts, and to whom we must
Page 191 - Tradition still describes how the Sikhs dispersed as soon as the battle was won, and how, riding day and night, each horseman would throw his belt and scabbard, his articles of dress and accoutrement, until he was almost naked, into successive villages, to mark them as his.