The Calcutta Review, Volumes 134-435University of Calcutta, 1912 |
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... desirous of engag- ing the services of Europeans , so long , of course , as the latter continued to be servants . With Indian rulers , too , in former days political existence was always more or less a struggle for life . Hence they would.
... desirous of engag- ing the services of Europeans , so long , of course , as the latter continued to be servants . With Indian rulers , too , in former days political existence was always more or less a struggle for life . Hence they would.
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or less a struggle for life . Hence they would employ at any cost European officers who were capable of drilling troops in camp and leading them in the field . But when such men had brought their batta- lions to a certain degree of ...
or less a struggle for life . Hence they would employ at any cost European officers who were capable of drilling troops in camp and leading them in the field . But when such men had brought their batta- lions to a certain degree of ...
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... less celebrated Raymond . † For fuller infor- mation regarding these the reader may be referred to Mr. Keene's Hindustan under Free Lances , which is really the second edition of his book entitled The Great Anarchy , and to the stirring ...
... less celebrated Raymond . † For fuller infor- mation regarding these the reader may be referred to Mr. Keene's Hindustan under Free Lances , which is really the second edition of his book entitled The Great Anarchy , and to the stirring ...
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... less connected by marriage - ties . Though Sutherland was ( as we have seen ) nephew by marriage to Perron , having married the General's niece , they detested one another , and the Frenchman tried his best to get rid of the Scot , for ...
... less connected by marriage - ties . Though Sutherland was ( as we have seen ) nephew by marriage to Perron , having married the General's niece , they detested one another , and the Frenchman tried his best to get rid of the Scot , for ...
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... less successful against Major Brownrigg , by whom he was repulsed , hurried up to assist Amir Khan in making an assault on Hessing's entrenchments . Here at Ujjain Hessing sustained a severe defeat , his line being broken by Holkar's ...
... less successful against Major Brownrigg , by whom he was repulsed , hurried up to assist Amir Khan in making an assault on Hessing's entrenchments . Here at Ujjain Hessing sustained a severe defeat , his line being broken by Holkar's ...
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