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Page 62
... prisoner within the walls of Fort St. David by the * Our countrymen witnessed a remarkable instance of the pride of caste on this occasion . A native chief ( probably a Brahmin or Rajpoot , of high rank ) was found lying on the ground ...
... prisoner within the walls of Fort St. David by the * Our countrymen witnessed a remarkable instance of the pride of caste on this occasion . A native chief ( probably a Brahmin or Rajpoot , of high rank ) was found lying on the ground ...
Page 65
... prisoner with the Mahrattas ) , was the idol of the people . He decided then to sup- port Chunda Sahib as Nabob , and Muzuffer Jung as Soobadar . The English were few in number , and slow to grasp the realities of their position . To go ...
... prisoner with the Mahrattas ) , was the idol of the people . He decided then to sup- port Chunda Sahib as Nabob , and Muzuffer Jung as Soobadar . The English were few in number , and slow to grasp the realities of their position . To go ...
Page 70
... The young man who had that morning awoke as a prisoner , in fetters , and whose in- stant execution had been ordered , was before noon hailed as the potentate over some forty millions of subjects . 70 THE ENGLISHMAN IN INDIA .
... The young man who had that morning awoke as a prisoner , in fetters , and whose in- stant execution had been ordered , was before noon hailed as the potentate over some forty millions of subjects . 70 THE ENGLISHMAN IN INDIA .
Page 76
... prisoners , Captains Revel and Glass . When Clive prepared to make an attack on this post , the French officer in command desired the prisoners to write a letter to the effect , that if the English attacked the pagoda , Revel and Glass ...
... prisoners , Captains Revel and Glass . When Clive prepared to make an attack on this post , the French officer in command desired the prisoners to write a letter to the effect , that if the English attacked the pagoda , Revel and Glass ...
Page 77
... safety . When the attack was made , the enemy abandoned the pagoda in the night , leaving their two prisoners behind . a batch of two hundred European recruits , the sweep- CLIVE'S MID CAREER FROM ARCOT TO PLASSEY . 77.
... safety . When the attack was made , the enemy abandoned the pagoda in the night , leaving their two prisoners behind . a batch of two hundred European recruits , the sweep- CLIVE'S MID CAREER FROM ARCOT TO PLASSEY . 77.
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