Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 27, 2025
An incident of this battle mentioned by French writers and by Botta, who probably drew upon French authorities, but not found in the English accounts, shows the critical nature of the attack in the apprehension of the French. "The action of the 'Destin' was justly praised," says Lapeyrouse-Bonfils. "The fleet ran the danger of almost certain defeat, but for the bravery of M. de Goimpy.
It will be remembered that the control and use of Bengal, upon which Clive here counts, had only lately been acquired by the English; in the days of Dupleix they did not possess them. As will be seen later, Clive's predictions in this letter were wholly fulfilled. Lapeyrouse-Bonfils: Hist. de la Marine Française.
"Anchor!" said Collingwood. "It is the last thing I should have thought of." Mahon: History of England. Lapeyrouse-Bonfils, vol. iii. p. 5. Troude, vol. ii. pp. 3-5. For other quotations from French authors to the same effect, see ante, pages 77, 80, 81. Mahon: History of England; Gentleman's Magazine, 1777, p. 553. Keppel's Defence.
This shows he has good principles." In history other than naval I was for my object as fortunate as I had been in Lapeyrouse-Bonfils. An accident first placed in my hands Henri Martin's History of France. I happened to see the volumes, then unknown to me, on the shelves of a friend.
Moreover, I had to meet the emergency of lecturing, one of the main reliances of our incipient undertaking. I had begun my reading with Lapeyrouse-Bonfils, in October, 1885.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking