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"Muzaffar raised thirty thousand men, and Chunda Sahib six thousand it is always easy, in India, to raise an army; with a certain amount of money, and lavish promises marched down and joined a French force of four hundred strong, commanded by D'Auteuil. "The nawab advanced against them, but was utterly defeated at Ambur, the French doing pretty well the whole of the work.
Muzaffar Jung conferred upon Dupleix the sovereignty of eighty-one villages adjoining the French territory. Muzaffar, after paying a visit to Pondicherry, remained in the camp with his army, twenty miles distant from that place. Chunda Sahib remained, as the guest of Dupleix, at Pondicherry. "On the receipt of the news of the battle of Ambur, Mr.
Nothing, indeed, could have saved us. "Muzaffar Jung and Chunda Sahib, however, disregarding the plan which Dupleix had marked out for them, resolved, before marching on Trichinopoli, to conquer Tanjore, which is the richest city in Southern India.
"On the 15th December the French commander, with eight hundred Europeans, three thousand Sepoys, and ten guns, marched against Nazir Jung, whose army of twenty-five thousand men opposed him. These, however, he defeated easily. While the battle was going on, the conspirators murdered Nazir Jung, released Muzaffar Jung, and saluted him as subadar.
On the way, the chiefs who had conspired against Nazir Jung mutinied against his successor. Muzaffar charged them with his cavalry. Two of the three chief conspirators were killed and, while pursuing the third, Muzaffar was himself killed.
His escape was a fortunate one, for his uncle had ordered him to be executed that very day. "Muzaffar Jung proceeded to Pondicherry, where he was received with great honors. He nominated Dupleix Nawab of the Carnatic and neighbouring countries, with Chunda Sahib as his deputy, conferred the highest dignities upon him, and granted the French possession of all the lands and forts they had conquered.
He arranged with Dupleix a plan for common action, and agreed that a body of French troops should remain permanently at his capital." "I have nearly brought down the story to the present time," Mr. Johnson said. "One event has taken place, however, which was of importance. Muzaffar Jung set out for Hyderabad, accompanied by a French contingent under Bussy.
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