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TITLE: A Narrative of the Military Operations on the Coromandel Coast
SUB TITLE: 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
AUTHOR: Innes Munro
PUBLISHER: T. Bensley
PLACE: London
YEAR: 1789
BINDING: Leather bound
NO.OF PAGES: 392 including 9 maps (folded) and 1 engraved plate
SIZE:
Height: 26.6 cm
Width: 21 cm
Depth: 1 cm
The author was a captain in the late 73rd or Lord Macleod's Regiment of Highlanders. These 18 letters from 1779 to 1784 cover the British Army's operations in India. Also included are 9 maps in all, including Battle of Porto Nova, the Battle of Arne, camps, the Battle of Cuddalore, and 1 engraving titled "A View of the Harbour and Town".
Included in the book are many useful cautions to young gentlemen destined for India. A description of the most remarkable manners and customs of the East Indians; and an account of the Isle of France.
The book includes illustration with a view of Port Louis in the Isle of France; and correct plans, upon a large scale, of the fortifications at Trinquamallee, and of all the battles fought by the army under Lieutenant - General Sir Eyre Coote, K.B. and other commanders, during that war.
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