A narrative of the military operations of the Coromandel Coast : against the combined forces of the French, Dutch and Hyder Ally Cawn, from the year 1780 to the peace in 1784 : in a series of letters : in which are included many useful cautions to young gentlemen destined for India ...

A narrative of the military operations of the Coromandel Coast : against the combined forces of the French, Dutch and Hyder Ally Cawn, from the year 1780 to the peace in 1784 : in a series of letters : in which are included many useful cautions to young gentlemen destined for India ...

Narrative war on Coromandel Coast

London : Printed for the author, by T. Bensley : Sold by G. Nicol ..., 1789.

xviii, [6], 392 p., [10] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 29 cm. (4to)

L2000F690 1789

(OCoLC)09881154

Added t.p. engraved.
Ms. spine title: Narrative war on Coromandel Coast.
Added t.p. & plates signed: Innes Munro, delt., Woodman & Mutlow, Sculp.
Signatures: [pi]4 a-b4 B-3D4.
"List of subscribers.": p. [xix]-[xxiv]
Errata: p. [xxiv]
Additions and corrections in pencil and a few ink corrections; possibly the author's or editor's copy, as these notes add very specific factual data.
Includes such events as an expedition on the island of Madeira in 1779, descriptions of Cape Town and Madras, the British wars on the Indian continent including East Indies campaign of the American Revolution against the French and the Second Anglo-Mysore and Fourth Anglo-Dutch Wars, 1778-83, and a proposed plan for the British to capture the Isle of France.

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