The Quarterly Review, Volume 120John Murray, 1866 |
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... native hurkarrah ( messenger ) to General Harris from Lord Mornington , dated 3rd of April , 1799. It was written with his own hand on both sides of a slip of paper , and sealed up in a quill , in order that it might be the better ...
... native hurkarrah ( messenger ) to General Harris from Lord Mornington , dated 3rd of April , 1799. It was written with his own hand on both sides of a slip of paper , and sealed up in a quill , in order that it might be the better ...
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... native armies , will be dangerous , if not impracticable , but safe and easy to the British forces . ' He then made use of boats and pontoons , with which his enemies were unprovided ; and his despatches contain minute directions for ...
... native armies , will be dangerous , if not impracticable , but safe and easy to the British forces . ' He then made use of boats and pontoons , with which his enemies were unprovided ; and his despatches contain minute directions for ...
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... natives of Seringapatam , a magnificent banquet at Madras , a valuable sword from the English at Calcutta , and a gold épergne , commemorative of the battle of Assaye , from the officers of the Deccan . Of But in studying the Duke's ...
... natives of Seringapatam , a magnificent banquet at Madras , a valuable sword from the English at Calcutta , and a gold épergne , commemorative of the battle of Assaye , from the officers of the Deccan . Of But in studying the Duke's ...
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... native population , in consequence of the protection which he afforded to them , he received the special thanks of the British Parliament for this three months of service . And M. Thiers refers to him in his History , as an officer who ...
... native population , in consequence of the protection which he afforded to them , he received the special thanks of the British Parliament for this three months of service . And M. Thiers refers to him in his History , as an officer who ...
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... native troops under British officers , laid the foundation of the system on which the Peninsular war was afterwards conducted . This minute also , as is well known , prophetically described Napoleon's political system as ' one of terror ...
... native troops under British officers , laid the foundation of the system on which the Peninsular war was afterwards conducted . This minute also , as is well known , prophetically described Napoleon's political system as ' one of terror ...
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