"Their infantry and guns will astonish you" : the army of Hindustan and European mercenaries in Maratha service 1780-1803 / Andy Copestake.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Copestake, Andy, author.

Series:

From reason to revolution 1721-1815 (Series) ; no. 73.

From reason to revolution 1721-1815 ; no. 73

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mercenary troops.

History.

India.

India--Assaye.

Mercenary troops--India--History--19th century.

Maratha War, 1775-1782.

Assaye, Battle of, Assaye, India, 1803.

India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 218 pages, 8 pages of color plates : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Warwick, England : Helion & Company Limited, 2021.

Contents:

1 Anarchy in Hindustan: India in the Later Eighteenth Century p. 9

2 Mughals, Marathas and Mercenaries: Indian Military Forces in the Eighteenth Century p. 16

3 The Man from Savoy: The Making of a Military Entrepreneur p. 36

4 Building an Army from the Ground Up: De Boigne's First Campaign p. 41

5 The Army of Hindustan: Organisation, Weapons and Uniforms p. 56

6 The Army of Hindustan at War: De Boigne's Campaigns p. 74

7 General Perron Takes Command p. 97

8 The Widows War and Other Stories p. 106

9 Mercenaries and Freebooters: George Thomas's War p. 123

10 Holkar and Scindia: The Civil War in the Maratha Confederacy p. 141

11 'Their Infantry and Guns will Astonish You' The Last Campaigns of the Army of Hindustan: The Campaign in the Deccan p. 157

12 Things Fall Apart: The Last Campaigns of the Army of Hindustan: The Campaign in Hindustan p. 175

13 What Came After: 'Sometimes Pleasure, Sometimes Pain, In The Service of the English' p. 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781914059773

1914059778

OCLC:

1240494246

Publisher Number:

99988448369