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... Mahratta States . By an Officer in the Service of the Honourable East India Company . 431 458 - 466 XI . Brudstykker af en Dagbok holden i Grönland i Aarene 1770-1778 af Hans Egede Saabye , fordum ordineret Missionær i Claushavns og ...
... Mahratta States . By an Officer in the Service of the Honourable East India Company . 431 458 - 466 XI . Brudstykker af en Dagbok holden i Grönland i Aarene 1770-1778 af Hans Egede Saabye , fordum ordineret Missionær i Claushavns og ...
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... Mahratta force , and his experience of the talents of Mâdoo Row , by whom it was directed , determined him not to risk his own army beyond the protection of the capital , and to have recourse to a new mode of defence and of impeding the ...
... Mahratta force , and his experience of the talents of Mâdoo Row , by whom it was directed , determined him not to risk his own army beyond the protection of the capital , and to have recourse to a new mode of defence and of impeding the ...
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... Mahratta invasion ; which , instead of moving in regular columns , whose route and in- tentions may be foreseen and counteracted , covers the whole face of the country , and almost divests of poetic fiction the Mahomedan illustration ...
... Mahratta invasion ; which , instead of moving in regular columns , whose route and in- tentions may be foreseen and counteracted , covers the whole face of the country , and almost divests of poetic fiction the Mahomedan illustration ...
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... Mahratta cavalry , which covered the surface of the country in every direc- tion . Approaching the hills of Chercoolee , about eleven miles from Seringapatan , a shot struck a tumbril which exploded , and , communicating with several ...
... Mahratta cavalry , which covered the surface of the country in every direc- tion . Approaching the hills of Chercoolee , about eleven miles from Seringapatan , a shot struck a tumbril which exploded , and , communicating with several ...
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... Mahratta army , amounting to sixty thousand cavalry , and a pro- portionate number of infantry , under Hurry Punt . This immense force , by a judicious combination of military skill and bribery , Hyder.completely succeeded in dispersing ...
... Mahratta army , amounting to sixty thousand cavalry , and a pro- portionate number of infantry , under Hurry Punt . This immense force , by a judicious combination of military skill and bribery , Hyder.completely succeeded in dispersing ...
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