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Plassey 1757 - Clive of India's Finest Hour

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - 1700 - 1950 A.D. (Excluding WWI & II)

MSRP old price: $21.95


Product Info

Title
Plassey 1757 - Clive of India's Finest Hour
Publisher
Category
Author
Peter Harrington
Publish Year
1994
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.5x10x.33"
NKG Part #
2147392196
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM035
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM35

Description

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.

Contents:

The Background to Plassey
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