English: Identifier: comprehensivehis01beve

Title: A comprehensive history of India, civil, military, and social, from the first landing of the English to the suppression of the Sepoy revolt; including an outline of the early history of Hindoostan Year: 1900 (1900s) Authors: Beveridge, Henry, 1837-1929 Subjects: Publisher: London, Blackie Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Text Appearing Before Image: y, or to fight,sink, burn, and destroy the Dutch ships on their refusal. On the 23d ofNovember, when this order was sent, the Dutch landed 700 European andabout 800 native troops; the very next day Commodore Wilson obe3ed theorder, and after an engagement of two hours gained a complete victory. Allthe vessels of the Dutcli squadron struck their flag except one, which endea-voured to escape, and was also taken. On hearing of the landing of theDutch troops, the detachment stationed at Tanna under Captain Knox quittedit, and marched to reinforce that under Colonel Forde, who had previou.slyrepulsed an attack made upon him at Chandernagore, and pursued the fugitiveswith some slaughter to the very barriers of Chinsurah. Having been joined byCaptain Knox, he was preparing to invest it, when he learned that the Dutchtroops which had been landed from the ships had arrived on the plain of Bedarra,and been there joined by part of the Chinsurah garrison, which had eluded his Ilic Dutclidefeated.

Text Appearing After Image: WoLACKS, Grain Boats of Calcutta.—From Soh-yns Les llindous. ClIAP. XII.] THE DUTCH HUMBLEIX 6G3 A.D. 1769.

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