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Ambitious Dutch plot and Clive’s rising role in India
In Calcutta a thwarted Dutch plan to seize control is attributed to Col. Clive, Col. Ford, and English troops who defeat the Dutch with 717 killed or wounded while suffering minimal losses. Letters from Portsmouth note ships arrival and naval activity around Plymouth and Cowes. Reports describe Clive’s imminent departure, potential property purchases for him, and continuing European tensions including Italian war rumors and English memorials at the Hague. Citations from Quebec, Dublin, and London fronts relay military movements, ship actions, and civic notes.
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London
Calcutta
India
Amboyna
Europe
Bengal
Clive
Ford
England
T’hursday
Italy
Rome
Chevalier de St. George
The
Hague
Hanover
France
East Indies
William Belchier
Epsom
Belchier
Portsmouth
Powis-house
Great Ormond-street
Cliefden-house
County of Bucks
Abraham
Black Friars
Makir
Birmingham
Joseph Cooper
Moore
York
Edward Hawke
Col. Thornton
Sunderland
Dublin
George Welton
Skerries
Geneva
Deer Park
America
Quebec
Brage
Halbert
Simon Tracey
Naas
Kildare
Earl of
Rothes
Naas Road
Lord Newbattle
Wynne
Galway
Adhercron
Limerick
Arthur Roche
Thomas Vokes
Eaton Mauniell
George, Smyth
Robert Hallam
Mangret-lane
Kinsale
John Folliott
Chester