The Oxford Students History of India
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Muzaffar Jang had become Nizam and had appointed Dupleix to be governor of the peninsula from the Krishna (Kistna) river to Cape Comorin. The resources of Madras did not suffice to effect directly the relief of distant Trichinopoly.
Capture and defence of Arcot. Robert Clive, a young ' writer ' in the Company's service, who had recently accepted a commission as captain in the army, under his old friend Major Stringer Lawrence, saw that the proper way to relieve Trichinopoly was to attack Arcot,... the capital of the Carnatic, and so force Chanda Sahib to withdraw troops from the siege of the southern town. 1 He persuaded his superiors to allow him to make the attack with an absurdly small force, com- prising only 200 British soldiers, 300 sepoys, and three small field-pieces. Clive being, as Pitt called him, ' a heaven-born 1 Arcot is 65 miles WSW. From Madras.
FROM 1761 TO 1858 243 general ', succeeded not only in taking Arcot, but in holding it for fifty -four days against 3, 000 of Chanda Sahib's best troops aided by 150 Frenchmen.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Muzaffar Jang had become Nizam and had appointed Dupleix to be governor of the peninsula from the Krishna (Kistna) river to Cape Comorin. The resources of Madras did not suffice to effect directly the relief of distant Trichinopoly.
Capture and defence of Arcot. Robert Clive, a young ' writer ' in the Company's service, who had recently accepted a commission as captain in the army, under his old friend Major Stringer Lawrence, saw that the proper way to relieve Trichinopoly was to attack Arcot,... the capital of the Carnatic, and so force Chanda Sahib to withdraw troops from the siege of the southern town. 1 He persuaded his superiors to allow him to make the attack with an absurdly small force, com- prising only 200 British soldiers, 300 sepoys, and three small field-pieces. Clive being, as Pitt called him, ' a heaven-born 1 Arcot is 65 miles WSW. From Madras.
FROM 1761 TO 1858 243 general ', succeeded not only in taking Arcot, but in holding it for fifty -four days against 3, 000 of Chanda Sahib's best troops aided by 150 Frenchmen.
What to read after The Oxford Students History of India?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Vincent Arthur Smith to read onlineMoreLess
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