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East India gains and naval notes amid Bengal updates
Postscript reports arrive from Calcutta detailing reinforcement of Penang and Prince of Wales Island with twelve European auxiliaries and two artillery companies. It notes stores sent on Ravensworth and expects the island to prove valuable to the East India Company. Letters discuss Bengal matters, warnings about a French incursion, and political shifts in Hindostan, including Timur’s influence and the Kabul frontier.
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Penang
Prince of Wales's
Fland
Ravensworth
India
Noone
John
Glafa
Prince,of Wales
Bud
Ruel
Ganjam
Tha
Erenchman
Bengal
Shahroth
Wnadir Shah
Hindostan
Mashhed
al- Muareyduo
Haw
Meana
Cabul
Titur
Hiddostan
Mouttan
Timur