Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis, Band 1J. Murray, 1859 |
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... officer . AURUNG , a factory . BATTA , allowance to troops . BAZAR , market . BEGAH , a measure of land - one - third of an acre . BEGUM , a lady of rank , a princess . BERKENDOSSES , a matchlock - man . BINJARRIES , an itinerant dealer ...
... officer . AURUNG , a factory . BATTA , allowance to troops . BAZAR , market . BEGAH , a measure of land - one - third of an acre . BEGUM , a lady of rank , a princess . BERKENDOSSES , a matchlock - man . BINJARRIES , an itinerant dealer ...
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... officers who re- signed , Lord Effingham , a Lieut . - General , was the only one of high rank . His mother was sister of Beckford , who made himself so con- spicuous as Lord Mayor of London . He may possibly have been influenced by ...
... officers who re- signed , Lord Effingham , a Lieut . - General , was the only one of high rank . His mother was sister of Beckford , who made himself so con- spicuous as Lord Mayor of London . He may possibly have been influenced by ...
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... officers of the Bengal army in 1796 was considered so serious , that Lord Cornwallis , yielding to the earnest solicitations of Mr. Pitt , agreed to go again to India to quell the spirit of insubordination . After being sworn in as ...
... officers of the Bengal army in 1796 was considered so serious , that Lord Cornwallis , yielding to the earnest solicitations of Mr. Pitt , agreed to go again to India to quell the spirit of insubordination . After being sworn in as ...
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... officers and 207 rank and file killed , 70 officers and 758 rank and file wounded . The Americans owned only to 449 , but their loss was notoriously much larger . The British moved to the attack in heavy marching order , with three days ...
... officers and 207 rank and file killed , 70 officers and 758 rank and file wounded . The Americans owned only to 449 , but their loss was notoriously much larger . The British moved to the attack in heavy marching order , with three days ...
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... officers , was another severe blow . He was surprised Dec. 13 while at breakfast in a tavern , only a few miles from ... officer , was frequently intoxicated , and the discipline of his troops was very lax : they were negligent in their ...
... officers , was another severe blow . He was surprised Dec. 13 while at breakfast in a tavern , only a few miles from ... officer , was frequently intoxicated , and the discipline of his troops was very lax : they were negligent in their ...
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