单词 | battle of Plassey |
例句 | Lord Clive, eight months later, succeeded in recapturing Calcutta, and after the subsequently famous battle of Plassey, the possessions of the East India Company greatly extended. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z So, one of Britain's heroes, Robert Clive, had gone apart to decide in solitude the momentous question to which the battle of Plassey was the answer. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z The only great British successes of the year were in India where Calcutta and Chandernagore were captured and the battle of Plassey was won. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z It is said, however, to have been the first to discipline native troops, and Bombay sepoys were sent to Madras in 1747, and took part in the battle of Plassey in 1757. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" After the battle of Plassey, M�r Jafar, in the profusion of his gratitude, had bestowed upon the officers an additional sum equal to full batta. Rulers of India: Lord Clive Indeed, as Sir Alfred Lyall justly observes in his interesting review of The Rise and Expansion of the British Dominion in India, the so-called battle of Plassey was a rout rather than a battle. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 He informed Eyre Coote of his new decision, gave the necessary orders, and the next day the battle of Plassey was fought and won. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II The battle of Plassey was fought on the 23rd of June 1757, exactly twelve months after the capture of Calcutta. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" He gathered his troops, recovered Calcutta, and ended by fighting that great battle of Plassey, 1757, which was the means of permanently establishing the English empire in India on a firm foundation. The Leading Facts of English History I have therefore chosen two outstanding events in the history of India--the capture of Gheria and the battle of Plassey--and have made them the pivot of a personal story of adventure. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Prophecy, vague but persuasive, hinted that British rule, which dated in the Indian mind from the battle of Plassey in 1757, was doomed not to outlive its centenary. India, Old and New He had fought under Lord Clive at the battle of Plassey, A.D. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official Against these odds was fought and won the battle of Plassey, on the 23d of June, 1757,—the date from which, by common consent, the British empire in India is said to begin. The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 The one hundredth anniversary of the battle of Plassey was celebrated in England June 23, 1857, to obtain funds for a monument to Lord Clive, who secured India to England. The Grand Old Man In 1757 Clive defeated a great army of the natives, with whom were a few French, in the decisive battle of Plassey. Outline of Universal History Not six hundred men fell in the battle of Plassey, on both sides, and most of these were on the side of the vanquished. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics Nearly a century has now elapsed since, by the battle of Plassey, British power was established in India, and from that day local action has tended to disappear, and centralization to take its place. The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished In the Far East alone had great successes been gained; and the battle of Plassey in 1757 gave to England the paramount influence in India which she has ever since exercised. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 While things were in this state, a ship arrived with despatches which had been written at the India House before the news of the battle of Plassey had reached London. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Had the British not won the battles of Plassey and Buxar, the whole Empire would ere now have become the fighting ground of Sikhs, Rajputs, and Mahrattas. Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan |
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