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Dublin Chronicle Excerpt Reports Siege and Battle Details
An 18th century letter from the Dublin Gazette details a military engagement in India with General Lally’s forces at Arcot and surrounding actions. It describes fortifications, sieges, troop movements, casualties, prisoners, and captured artillery as well as strategic aims and aftermaths, plus broader dispatches from London about other fronts and a brewing peace mood in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Black
Heig
Col. Draper
Monfan
Pieter
Anvallaz
Bully
le Chevalier Godeville
Lally’s
Murphy
Lorrain
Lodia
Bartanding
Evligas
IOF
Marines
le Chevalier de Poste
Malta
Widuads
Yam
Bur M. Bully
Ian Bafiya
India Batalion
Deapér
Collins
Mijor Brereton
Lieut
Brown
Hatpenny Thompson
Horler
Ofmy
Stuart
Bialorand-Tyd
Ensign Heron
Sid
Ivsne
Lally
Howitz
Wallens Chistipnt
Gingey
Sally
Pondicherry
Capta de Vefferot
Destoy
Chissput
Howiz
le Chevalier
de Tilly
Arcot
Smith
Edvarda
Monson
Timmery
Mies
Kaliga Mac Mahon