Military Memoirs of Mr. George Thomas; Who, by Extraordinary Talents and Enterprise, Rose from an Obscure Situation to the Rank of a General, in the Service of the Native Powers in the North-West of IndiaReprinted for John Stockdale, 1805 - 383 pages |
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... attack the enemy , whom he foon obliged to retreat . Mr. Thomas then afcended an emi- nence , in order to difcover , if poffible , the direction his own troops had taken in their pufillanimous flight , but in vain . Faint from the ...
... attack the enemy , whom he foon obliged to retreat . Mr. Thomas then afcended an emi- nence , in order to difcover , if poffible , the direction his own troops had taken in their pufillanimous flight , but in vain . Faint from the ...
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... attack , with an ardour that was irrefiftible . < 6 66 66 66 Having gained entire poffeffion of the fort , " the foldiers , with clamorous expreffions of re- 66 venge , infifted on the death of every one of " the garrison that remained ...
... attack , with an ardour that was irrefiftible . < 6 66 66 66 Having gained entire poffeffion of the fort , " the foldiers , with clamorous expreffions of re- 66 venge , infifted on the death of every one of " the garrison that remained ...
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... attacking Mr. Thomas , but ended in her imprisonment , and the total fubverfion of her authority . The cause of these diffenfions must now be traced to its fource . Levaffo , who had the chief command of the begum's army , was jealous ...
... attacking Mr. Thomas , but ended in her imprisonment , and the total fubverfion of her authority . The cause of these diffenfions must now be traced to its fource . Levaffo , who had the chief command of the begum's army , was jealous ...
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... over a body of Ghoffeins , who were proceeding to their annual pilgrimage at Hurdwar , inftigated them to the attack of Mr. Thomas's camp . CHAPTER III . Defcriptive account of the Hurdwar , and E 2 A. D. 1795. ] GEORGE THOMAS . 61.
... over a body of Ghoffeins , who were proceeding to their annual pilgrimage at Hurdwar , inftigated them to the attack of Mr. Thomas's camp . CHAPTER III . Defcriptive account of the Hurdwar , and E 2 A. D. 1795. ] GEORGE THOMAS . 61.
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... attack Mr. Thomas in his camp , to encourage them , of- fered as a reward for their fervices , the fum of ten thousand rupees . Thefe particulars were communicated to Mr. Thomas by his own vakeel , then 72 [ A. D. 1795 . MEMOIRS OF.
... attack Mr. Thomas in his camp , to encourage them , of- fered as a reward for their fervices , the fum of ten thousand rupees . Thefe particulars were communicated to Mr. Thomas by his own vakeel , then 72 [ A. D. 1795 . MEMOIRS OF.
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