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Strangers within the Gates

1914

He was not there to triumph having been thrown into the Bastille on his return to France on the charge of treason disobedience and the misapprpriation of funds but the memory of his prphecy may have clouded the elation of Dupleix when congratulatory letters poured in from the princes of India including the Emperor of Delhi himself. [...] The other the writer in the East India Copany's service having served as a volunteer in an expedition to the mouth of the river Coleroon shortly after the Peace of Aila-Chapelle was nominated Commissary to the Army. [...] The French artillery cut the little force to pieces and Clive had been all but driven from the field when one of his officers who could speak French contrived to bring some of the men past the enemy's sentries and fall upon the rear of the camp. [...] To the south of the English camp were the heights of the Five Rocks "—" the key of the surrounding country." The sepoys left to guard them suddenly found themselves suprised by Astruc who set his men then and there"5 0 THE END OF A DREAM-1751-1754. [...] The French had many native allies the English at that time had only the half-hearted support of the Raja of Tanjore yet both Companies agreed for the future to renounce all Moghul titles and dignities and never to interfere in the differences of the princes of the coup try.
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Pages
508
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.146162
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Frontmatter
i-xii Gabrielle Festing view
Prologue When the English Came to Delhi
1-6 Gabrielle Festing view
I. A Dream of Empire—1720-1749
7-23 Gabrielle Festing view
II. Check to the French—1749-1752
24-42 Gabrielle Festing view
III. The End of a Dream—1751-1754
43-60 Gabrielle Festing view
IV. A Jacobite Exile—1754-1766
61-80 Gabrielle Festing view
V. Some Rulers in Bengal—1756-1765
81-100 Gabrielle Festing view
VI. Kings of the South—1761-1782
101-124 Gabrielle Festing view
VII. The Tiger of Mysore—1782-1799
125-140 Gabrielle Festing view
VIII. The Maratha Confederacy—1761-1782
141-162 Gabrielle Festing view
IX. Where the Carcase is—1782-1802
163-182 Gabrielle Festing view
X. A Free Lance from Tipperary—1778-1802
183-214 Gabrielle Festing view
XI. The Great Maratha War—1802-1803
215-238 Gabrielle Festing view
XII. When Thieves Fell Out—1805-1820
239-264 Gabrielle Festing view
XIII. The Men of the Hills—1814-1826
265-288 Gabrielle Festing view
XIV. The Lion of Lahore—1805-1839
289-314 Gabrielle Festing view
XV. Chiefs in the North—1773-1841
315-340 Gabrielle Festing view
XVI. The Illustrious Garrison—November 1841-April 1842
341-364 Gabrielle Festing view
XVII. The End of an Experiment—1842
365-378 Gabrielle Festing view
XVIII. The Heirs of Ranjit Singh—1839-1845
379-398 Gabrielle Festing view
XIX. The Tail of the Afghan Storm—1838-1843
399-426 Gabrielle Festing view
XX. On the Banks of the Sutlej—1845-1846
427-442 Gabrielle Festing view
XXI. The Adventures of a Subaltern—1847-1849
443-470 Gabrielle Festing view
XXII. The Last Days of John Company—1848-1858
471-484 Gabrielle Festing view
Epilogue The Men and the Work
485-492 Gabrielle Festing view
Index
493-496 Gabrielle Festing view

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