Calcutta Review, Volumen43University of Calcutta, 1866 |
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... force against an enemy strong in prestige and in numbers , it may be doubted whether any other tactics would have been equally successful . མ་ The adoption by Lord Lake of this daring , dashing , system of warfare , may be attributed ...
... force against an enemy strong in prestige and in numbers , it may be doubted whether any other tactics would have been equally successful . མ་ The adoption by Lord Lake of this daring , dashing , system of warfare , may be attributed ...
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... force . The resistance he experienced was very obstinate , and it was not until after he had lost many lives , that their strongholds were carried . Peace had scarcely been restored in these districts , when rumours of a contest with ...
... force . The resistance he experienced was very obstinate , and it was not until after he had lost many lives , that their strongholds were carried . Peace had scarcely been restored in these districts , when rumours of a contest with ...
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... force that would be irresistible ; to break for ever the power of the Mahratta confe- deracy ; to deprive Scindia , on the one side , of all prospects of extending his possessions towards the south , and to rescue from his grasp , on ...
... force that would be irresistible ; to break for ever the power of the Mahratta confe- deracy ; to deprive Scindia , on the one side , of all prospects of extending his possessions towards the south , and to rescue from his grasp , on ...
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... force , as seriously to compromise his army . Yet it was equally impossible for him to march to Delhi , leaving Allygurh in the hands of the Mahrattas . There was one other chance , -a des- perate one , and that was to attempt it by a ...
... force , as seriously to compromise his army . Yet it was equally impossible for him to march to Delhi , leaving Allygurh in the hands of the Mahrattas . There was one other chance , -a des- perate one , and that was to attempt it by a ...
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... force . Our army , much fatigued after a long march , had but just reached at 11 o'clock in the morning the banks of the Jehna nullah , six miles from Delhi , when Bourquin with his whole force was upon them . The British troops , 4,500 ...
... force . Our army , much fatigued after a long march , had but just reached at 11 o'clock in the morning the banks of the Jehna nullah , six miles from Delhi , when Bourquin with his whole force was upon them . The British troops , 4,500 ...
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