 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...  Sketches of Rulers of India ... - 38 페이지저자: George Devereux Oswell - 1908전체보기 - 도서 정보
 | 1836 - 664 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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 페이지
...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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