Plassey 1757: Clive of India's Finest Hour (Campaign)

After relatively lowly beginnings as a writer in the East India Company, Robert Clive rose to be perhaps the most important single figure in the history of British involvement in India. At Plassey on 23 June 1757 Clive's 3,500 native and East India Company troops faced an army of 50,000 under the French supported nawab Siraj-ud-daula. Having succeeded in keeping his powder dry in a torrential rainstorm, Clive's guns were able to open a murderous fire on the enemy. Siraj-ud-daula's attack was beaten off and the counter-attack which Clive launched swept the field; with only the French gunners fighting to the last. Krigshistorie. Syvårskrigen 1756 - 1763 stridighederne mellem Frankrig og England skete også i de dele af verden, hvor de to lande havde kolonier og forsøgte at få monopol på handelen bl.a. i Indien. Slaget ved Plassey 1757 var en overvældende sejr for det britiske imperium mod de franske interesser i Indien. I bogen skildres begivenhederne før slaget ved Plassey og selve slaget. Bogen er forsynet med kort, plancher og oversigter (troppeinddeling/ order of battle) Offers an account of the origins, events and outcome of the Battle of Plassey in 1757, a victory which not only established the reputation of Clive of India, but also ensured British pre-eminence in India. The battle has gone down in history as a success against almost ridiculous odds. Книга Osprey Campaign No35. Plassey 1757 Osprey Campaign No35. Plassey 1757 Книги Исторические Автор: P.Harrington Формат: pdf Издат.:Osprey Страниц: 98 Размер: 32 ISBN: 978185532 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: 0) Оценка:Серия военных книгCampaign от Osprey. The road to Plassey can be traced back as far as the arrival of merchants from the East India Company in the 16th century. Description based on print version record.