The Calcutta Review, Volumes 64-65University of Calcutta, 1877 |
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Page 216
... France had expelled . * France , then , thus heavily weighted at starting , could dream no more of conquests on the Indian seas . She could not even defend her possessions on the mainland of India . These fell without a struggle to her ...
... France had expelled . * France , then , thus heavily weighted at starting , could dream no more of conquests on the Indian seas . She could not even defend her possessions on the mainland of India . These fell without a struggle to her ...
Page 227
... France in 1793 in command of a small transport brig , the Hirondelle , when the intelligence arrived that war had been declared between France and England . Instantly Lemême trans- formed the Hirondelle into a privateer . He armed her ...
... France in 1793 in command of a small transport brig , the Hirondelle , when the intelligence arrived that war had been declared between France and England . Instantly Lemême trans- formed the Hirondelle into a privateer . He armed her ...
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... France . The locality Pinaud considered favourable , if other circumstances should combine , to strike a blow for freedom . He communicated his plan to his companions . They approved . It so happened that on the 29th October the ...
... France . The locality Pinaud considered favourable , if other circumstances should combine , to strike a blow for freedom . He communicated his plan to his companions . They approved . It so happened that on the 29th October the ...
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