 | India - 1852 - 136 pages
...nearly parallel to that of the enemy, with the right rather advanced, to press upon the enemy's left. "When formed, the whole advanced in the greatest order. The 74th and 78th regiments were attacked, as the line move'd on, by a large body of men, supposed to be Persians, who were all destroyed. Scindiah's... | |
 | William Hough - India - 1853 - 750 pages
...advanced in order to press upon the enemy's left." Some confusion took place in forming the troops. " When formed, the whole advanced in the greatest order;...(supposed to be Persians,) and all these were destroyed. Sindia's cavalry charged the first battalion 6th regiment, which was on the left of our line, and were... | |
 | Army - 1869 - 614 pages
...Dragoons. upon the enemy's left. Some little time elapsed before the lines could be formed, owing to a part of the infantry of my division which led the...(supposed to be Persians), and all these were destroyed. iscindiah's cavalry charged the 1st battalion 6th regiment, which was on the left of our line, and... | |
 | J. J. Higginbotham - British - 1874 - 558 pages
...The battle of Argaum was fought on the 29th of November 1803. The British line advanced in the best order ; the 74th and 78th regiments were attacked by a large body of Persian mercenaries in thn service of the Rajah of Berar. • ' Wellington Dispatches,' vol. pp.323-6.... | |
 | James Grant - India - 1876 - 602 pages
...Seaforth Highlanders, were among the first to distinguish themselves. The general writes thus: — "The 74th and 78th Regiments were attacked by a large...(supposed to be Persians), and all these were destroyed." * Scindia's cavalry, some wearing steel skull-caps with plumes and cheek-plates, and chain-mail to... | |
 | Marquess Richard Wellesley Wellesley - Governors - 1877 - 958 pages
...press upon the enemy's left. Some little time elapsed before the lines could be formed, owing to a part of the infantry of my division which led the...regiments were attacked by a large body (supposed to be Pathdns) and ' all these were destroyed. Scindiah's cavalry charged the 1st battalion 6th regiment,... | |
 | Edward Henry Nolan - 1878 - 446 pages
...confusion caused by the unsteadiness of the native troops, the general stated that when his line was formed, " the whole advanced in the greatest order...by a large body, (supposed to be Persians,) and all thesfe were destroyed. Scindiah's cavalry charged the first battalion 6th regiment, which was on the... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Great Britain - 1886 - 406 pages
...Assaye, and their charges were promptly repulsed. ' The 74th and 78th regiments,' says Wellesley, ' were attacked by a large body, supposed to be Persians, and all these were destroyed. Scindia's cavalry charged the first battalion of the 6th, which was on the left of our line, and were... | |
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Mysore cavalry the left, nearly parallel to that of the enemy; with the right rather advanced to press upon the enemy's left. Some little time elapsed before the lines could be formed, owing to a part of the infantry of my division which led the column... 
