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from Part II - Towards an All-India Grand Strategy, 1762–84
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2013
the general System … I wish to be empowered to establish in India [is] … to extend the Influence of the British Nation to every part of India not too remote from their Possessions, without enlarging the Circle of their defense, or involving them in hazardous or indefensible Engagements …
Warren Hastings to Alexander Eliot (Director), 12 January 1777.I cannot help thinking but this side of India [Bombay] will be as good for a Military Man as Madras or Bengall, as some Party or other must be called in to Settle all the Trouble that now exists, and that threaten all around us. I think the English will be the People if we Mind what we are about.
Captain Charles West, Bombay, to a correspondent in Britain, 26 June 1778.There is a Spirit of Faction growing up to an Enormous Height in the Company's Settlements. Their Resources fail from the extravagant Indulgences and Expences granted to the Military. Their Absurd Wars. Their marching Troops of one Settlement at an Enormous expense across the peninsula … then introducing and perpetuating an expensive System of Conquest inconsistent with any purpose but their own Ruin …
John Scott (Bombay civil servant) to his uncle, William Scott, in Britain, 4 December 1781.To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.
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