ISBN: 9781154340402

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not … Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ... withdrew from it one of the battalions which alone could keep it in tranquillity, or make it deserving our attention. ''I have written to Ram Rao for 500 peons, which I shall find of great use. ''Believe me, &c. ''Lieut. Colonel Close. '' ''Arthur Wellesley. Colonel the Hon. A. Welledey to Lieut. Colonel Close. ''My DEAR Colonel, ''Camp at Sirhitty, 16th July, 1800. ''On the 13th, after I had written to you, I learned that Dhoondiah had come from his camp at Hoondgul, with his whole army and his guns, to within about two coss of mine at Savanore; this he examined for some time on a hill, and then returned towards Hoondgul. I threw my baggage into Savanore on the morning of the 14th, and marched with five days'' provisions, as light as possible, to Hoondgul; he had gone off six coss to Darwar on the night of the 13th, as soon as he heard of my intended march; so that between the morning of the 13th, on which he marched towards me, and that of the 14th, he had gone on the most moderate computation about eighteen Sultauny coss. ''He left a garrison of about 600 men in Hoondgul, which I surrounded and stormed on the evening of the 14th, with but trifling loss. On the 15th I marched about seventeen miles to the eastward to Lukmaisier, which place was evacuated; and on this day I have marched about twelve to Sirhitty, which place lias been surrounded for the last three weeks by 4000 men belonging to the Dessaye of Dummul, and besieged in the country manner. This siege has been raised, and I return to-morrow towards Savanore, in order to get my baggage, a supply of provisions, &c. ''Dhoondiah is in the jungles behind Dummul, and already his people have begun to desert him in numbers. His march to the front was merely to cover the retreat of his baggage,... Arthur Wellesley Wellington, Books, History, The Dispatches Of Field Marshal The Duke Of Wellington; During His Various Campaigns In India, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, The Low C Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781154340402

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not … Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 edition. Excerpt: ... withdrew from it one of the battalions which alone could keep it in tranquillity, or make it deserving our attention. ''I have written to Ram Rao for 500 peons, which I shall find of great use. ''Believe me, &c. ''Lieut. Colonel Close. '' ''Arthur Wellesley. Colonel the Hon. A. Welledey to Lieut. Colonel Close. ''My DEAR Colonel, ''Camp at Sirhitty, 16th July, 1800. ''On the 13th, after I had written to you, I learned that Dhoondiah had come from his camp at Hoondgul, with his whole army and his guns, to within about two coss of mine at Savanore; this he examined for some time on a hill, and then returned towards Hoondgul. I threw my baggage into Savanore on the morning of the 14th, and marched with five days'' provisions, as light as possible, to Hoondgul; he had gone off six coss to Darwar on the night of the 13th, as soon as he heard of my intended march; so that between the morning of the 13th, on which he marched towards me, and that of the 14th, he had gone on the most moderate computation about eighteen Sultauny coss. ''He left a garrison of about 600 men in Hoondgul, which I surrounded and stormed on the evening of the 14th, with but trifling loss. On the 15th I marched about seventeen miles to the eastward to Lukmaisier, which place was evacuated; and on this day I have marched about twelve to Sirhitty, which place lias been surrounded for the last three weeks by 4000 men belonging to the Dessaye of Dummul, and besieged in the country manner. This siege has been raised, and I return to-morrow towards Savanore, in order to get my baggage, a supply of provisions, &c. ''Dhoondiah is in the jungles behind Dummul, and already his people have begun to desert him in numbers. His march to the front was merely to cover the retreat of his baggage,... Arthur Wellesley Wellington, Books, History, The Dispatches Of Field Marshal The Duke Of Wellington; During His Various Campaigns In India, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, The Low C Books>History <

ISBN: 9781154340402

Arthur Wellesley Wellington,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by General Books LLC Books Books ~~ History~~ Military ~~ General The-dispatches-of-Field-Marshal-the-Duke-of-Wellingto… Plus…

Arthur Wellesley Wellington,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by General Books LLC Books Books ~~ History~~ Military ~~ General The-dispatches-of-Field-Marshal-the-Duke-of-Wellington-during-his-various-campaigns-in-India-Denmark-Portugal-Spain-the-Low-Countries-and-France-from-1799-to-1818~~Arthur-Wellesley-Wellington General Books LLC<