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 xxvm INDEX. European blood, D'Autueil don't intend to shed any, 140. European Colonies or Settlements controuled by the Mogul government, money extorted from them in Bengal, 1 20. Dupleix intended to have reduced them all under his own authority, 378. European force 1756. Madrass cannot spare any from the Carnatic, 421. European gunners, asleep when the French esca- laded Tritehinopoly, 821. European infantry, 10,000 Travancores disci- plined in their manner, 400. Buropean manner, 400 of the natives of India disciplined in their manner brought by Dela- bourdonnais against Madrass, 67. N. B. these were probably the first Sepoys employed by an European nation. European mariners, French, 67. European markets. Cloth very proper for them, made in the northern provinces ceded to the French, 335. EUROPEAN NATION, NATIONS; none ever had had such a fleet in India as Boscaw- en's, 98. great advantage to that nation which should get a port on the C. of Coromandel, 112. Dupleix thought to get more by con- quest in India than any European nation had ever gained bv trade, 120. the powers of India can never resist a powerful European nation unless assisted by another,373.meaningFreneh and English, 376. Angria's fleet formidable to the ships of all the European nations in India, 409. European recruits, in 1752 arrive at Madrass, vile, 261. See English army. European troops, the topasses are incorporated with them, 80. never employed until this war against the princes of the country, 120. See English army, French army. European war, the enemy besieging Arcot ig- norant of thea'ules, 193. See English army, French army. F. F acquires, conjecture concerning their ori- gin, 4. Facquires tope, or the grove of the Facquire, 4 m. e. and 1 m. w. of Tritehinopoly. 1752. December, the Mysoreans entrench a detached camp there, 273. 1753. April, which Dalton obliges them to abandon, 282. May, the Eng. army encamps there, 285. the five ■rocks are a mile to the s. 289. September 20th, the Eng. army drawn up there, 309. September 21st, and march from hence to the battle of the Sugar Loaf rock, 310. 1754. August 26th, encamp there again, September 1st, move from thence to Wariore Pagodas, 370. I'f.lix, Lieut. 1751, December, shot through the body al Kistnaveram, 207. FERISHTA, author of a history of the M*ho-! medan conquerors of Indostan, from 977 to| 1605. It is the most curioii'. and valuaffl piece of oriental history hither to translated in Europe. It is translated by Mr. Alexander Dow, 30. F i r o u z, Uncle of Mahmood Nassercddin, assassinated, 12. FIROUZ SC1IAH, Emperor of Delhi grand- father of Sultan Mahmood, who was con- quered by Tamerlane in 1398, p. 12. FIROUZ SCHAH, ROCNEDDIN, King of Delhi in 1235, p. 12. Fitscher, a partisan of some reputation, ar- rives at Pondicherry with 600 Hussars in Sep- tember 1754, p. 371." Fice Bocks, about 1 m. to the s. of Facquires Tope. 1753. June, the Fr. and allies encamp there, 289. m, 302. FORT ST. DAVID. 1746, April, Com- modore Barnet dies there, 62. December, some of the inhabitants of Madrass escape to Fort St. David ; the fort described ; the Company's agents here take the general rule, on the loss of Madrass, 78. December the 8th, the Fr. army march against it, and retire in confu- sion on seeing Anwarodean's, 81, 82. the garrison sally, but do not engage, 83. 1747, February, Anwarodean's army, recall- ed by him, departs, 85. the place in distress for men and money, a company's ship afraid to land its treasure ; another lands her's, 86. March the 2d, the Fr. army appears again, but march away on the appearance of Mr. Griffin's squadron, 86, 87. October, which attempts to ride out the monsoon here, 87, 88. — — 1748. January, the dispersed ships return, 88, Major Lawrence arrives com- mander in chief, 88. and encamps all the troops, 88. their transactions betrayed, 88. June the 10th, Bouvet's squadron's appears in sight, 89, 90. is followed by Mr. Griffin's to Madrass, 90, 91. during the absence of which, the Fr. army attempt to surprize Cuddalore, and are repulsed by Major Law- rence, 91. News received of Mr. Boscawen's armament, 91. which arrives July the 29th, 98, and proceeds August 8th, against Pondi- cherry, 98, 99. the company's agents ignorant concerning Ariancopang, 99. October the 6th, the army and fleet return from Pondicherry, 104. 1749. January, employ their troops with great indiscretion, in support of a pre- tender to the kingdom of Tanjore, 107. March, the army march against Tanjore, 109. April 13th, two of the company's ships stranded betweenFort St.David andCuddalore in the hurricane, 109. the army returns with- out success from Tanjore, 112. another expedition resolved, 112. proceeds under the command of Major Lawrence against Devi i