 I cannot doubt, to add an anecdote to the ac" count of this celebrated siege. When provisions be" came so scarce that there was a fear that famine might " compel them to surrender, the Sepoys proposed to Clive " to limit them to the water (or gruel) in...  Dictionary of National Biography - Stran 102uredili: - 1887Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1836 - 664 strani
...was a fear that famine might compel them to surrender, the sepoys proposed to Clive to limit them to the water in which the rice was boiled. ' It is,' they said, ' sufficient for our support : the Europeaas require the grain.' " The confidence which his little army, of 200 Europeans and 700 sepoys,... | |
 | John Malcolm - 1836 - 454 strani
...183—196. that famine might compel them to surrender, the sepoys proposed to Clive to limit them to the water* in which the rice was boiled. " It is,"...for our support: the Europeans require the grain." This fact is as honourable to Clive, as to those under his command ; for the conduct of the native... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1844 - 628 strani
...might " compel them to surrender, the Sepoys proposed " to Clive to limit them to the water (or gruel) in " which the rice was boiled. ' It is,' they said, " * sufficient for our support ; the Europeans re" ' quire the grain ! ' — This fact is as honourable " to Clive as to those under his command,... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1844 - 608 strani
...might " compel them to surrender, the Sepoys proposed " to Clive to limit them to the water (or gruel) in " which the rice was boiled. ' It is,' they said, " ' sufficient for our support ; the Europeans re" ' quire the grain ! ' — This fact is as honourable " to Clive as to those under his command,... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1853 - 520 strani
...might " compel them to surrender, the Sepoys proposed to Clive " to limit them to the water (or gruel) in which the rice " was boiled. ' It is,' they said,...for our sup"'port; the Europeans require the grain.' — This fact " is as honourable to Clive as to those under his command, " for the conduct of the native... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 446 strani
...might " compel them to surrender, the Sepoys proposed to Clive " to limit them to the water (or gruel) in which the rice " was boiled. ' It is,' they said, ' sufficient for our sup" ' port; the Europeans require the grain.' — This fact " is as honourable to Clive as to those... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1858 - 190 strani
...might " compel them to surrender, the Sepoys proposed to Clive " to limit them to the water (or gruel) in which the rice " was boiled. ' It is,' they said, ' sufficient for our sup" 'port; the Europeans require the grain.' — This fact " is as honourable to Clive as to those... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1858 - 442 strani
...might " compel them to surrender, the Sepoys proposed to Clive " to limit them to the water (or gruel) in which the rice " was boiled. ' It is,' they said, ' sufficient for our sup" 'port; the Europeans require the grain.' — This fact " is as honourable to Clive as to those... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1858 - 198 strani
...might compel them to surrender, the Sepoys proposed to Clive to limit them to the water (or gruel) in which the rice was boiled. ' It is,' they said, ' sufficient for our sup' port; the Europeans require the grain.' — This fact is as honourable to Clive as to those under... | |
 | Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - 1860 - 516 strani
...famine might compel them to surrender, the sepoys proposed to Clive to limit them to the water (kanjee) in which the rice was boiled, 'It is,' they said,...our support — the Europeans require the grain.'" Occasional instances of a singular fraternization of native with European regiments, militating against... | |
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