Newly illustrated throughout with contemporary maps, paintings and
engravings, this is G. B. Malleson's best-selling book about how
the British Empire won the jewel in its crown. Each chapter covers
a decisive battle from 1746 to 1849, which finally led to the
gradual annexation of India to the British Empire. The Battle of St
Thome in 1746, between the French and the Nawab of the Carnatic,
opened the infinite possibilities of trade and treasure in the
Indian sub-continent to the Europeans. It also brought the military
genius of Robert Clive of the British East India Company and
Joseph-Francois Dupleix face to face, and from there followed over
a decade of conflict between the French and the British, until
Clive's decisive victory over the French at the Battle of Plassey
in 1757. Also included, among others, is the Battle of Assaye in
1803 where Arthur Wellesley learnt his trade, the Battle of
Bharatpur in 1805 between the British and the Maharaja Ranjit
Singh, and the Battle of Sobraon in 1846, the final battle of the
First Anglo-Sikh War. This excellent Victorian history of these
decisive battles describes the causes, the complicated political
alliances behind each encounter, the main protagonists, the
strategies and tactics, and the final consequences of each
conflict.
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