Reflections On the Present State of British India
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Supposing, therefore, the Europeans to suffer nothing, either from the sud- den change of climate, if arriving direct from England, or from being over-seasoned by the effects of a protracted residence in India, still, as they would have to bear the brunt of the attack against an army flushed with conquest, inured to fatigues, and allured by the hopes of plunder, their situation would be a very arduous one ; for it is unreasonable to expect that our native troops, got together by either of the m...odes above described, would be a match for their opponents in the field, allowing three-fourths of the latter to be Persians, Affgans, or Tartars, disciplined in the Russian manner, or rather, intermixed in the same ranks with the Russian soldiers. Amidst the manifest disadvantages under which an army so circum- stanced would labour, it would require the most consummate skill, on the part of the British com- mander, to conduct the most ordinary operations.
FROM RUSSIAN INVASION. 55 even in the Punjab, where the face of the country is such as to afford positions favourable for defen- sive operations ; but should the seat of war be transferred to Upper Hindostan, the whole tract lying between the Setledge and the richest part of the Bengal provinces, is so totally destitute of na- tural strength, that he would be unable to avoid coming to a general engagement in any other manner than by taking post under the walls of Delhi or Agra, and allowing the enemy to levy contributions on all the open country.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Supposing, therefore, the Europeans to suffer nothing, either from the sud- den change of climate, if arriving direct from England, or from being over-seasoned by the effects of a protracted residence in India, still, as they would have to bear the brunt of the attack against an army flushed with conquest, inured to fatigues, and allured by the hopes of plunder, their situation would be a very arduous one ; for it is unreasonable to expect that our native troops, got together by either of the m...odes above described, would be a match for their opponents in the field, allowing three-fourths of the latter to be Persians, Affgans, or Tartars, disciplined in the Russian manner, or rather, intermixed in the same ranks with the Russian soldiers. Amidst the manifest disadvantages under which an army so circum- stanced would labour, it would require the most consummate skill, on the part of the British com- mander, to conduct the most ordinary operations.
FROM RUSSIAN INVASION. 55 even in the Punjab, where the face of the country is such as to afford positions favourable for defen- sive operations ; but should the seat of war be transferred to Upper Hindostan, the whole tract lying between the Setledge and the richest part of the Bengal provinces, is so totally destitute of na- tural strength, that he would be unable to avoid coming to a general engagement in any other manner than by taking post under the walls of Delhi or Agra, and allowing the enemy to levy contributions on all the open country.
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