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The legendary story of the battle victory that made Clive of India famous, examined in detail alongside evocative maps and illustrations.
After relatively lowly beginnings as a writer in the East India Company, Robert Clive rose to be perhaps the most important single figure in the history of British involvement in India. At Plassey on 23 June 1757 Clive's 3,500 native and East India Company troops faced an army of 50,000 under the French supported nawab Siraj-ud-daula. Having succeeded in keeping his powder dry in a torrential rainstorm, Clive's guns were able to open a murderous fire on the enemy. Siraj-ud-daula's attack was beaten off and the counter-attack which Clive launched swept the field; with only the French gunners fighting to the last.
In this slim yet detailed volume, Peter Harrington outlines the progress of the battle, including key context and chronology.
Table of Contents
Calcutta
The Bengal Campaign
The Opposing Commanders
The Opposing Armies
Plassey: The Approach March
The Battle of Plassey
The Aftermath of the Battle
The Battlefield Today
Chronology
A Guide to Further Reading
Wargaming Plassey
Product details
| Published | 17 Oct 1994 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 98 |
| ISBN | 9781855323520 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 65 b/w; 15 col |
| Dimensions | 248 x 184 mm |
| Series | Campaign |
| Short code | CAM 35 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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