With Clive in India

With Clive in India, by G. A.
Henty

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Title: With Clive in India Or, The Beginnings of an Empire
Author: G. A. Henty

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WITH CLIVE IN INDIA:

Or, The Beginnings of an Empire
by
G. A. HENTY

Preface.
Chapter 1
: Leaving Home.
Chapter 2
: The Young Writer.
Chapter 3
: A Brush With Privateers.
Chapter 4
: The Pirates Of The Pacific.
Chapter 5
: Madras.
Chapter 6
: The Arrival Of Clive.
Chapter 7
: The Siege Of Arcot.

Chapter 8
: The Grand Assault.
Chapter 9
: The Battle Of Kavaripak.
Chapter 10
: The Fall Of Seringam.
Chapter 11
: An Important Mission.
Chapter 12
: A Murderous Attempt.
Chapter 13
: An Attempt At Murder.
Chapter 14
: The Siege Of Ambur.
Chapter 15
: The Pirates' Hold.
Chapter 16
: A Tiger Hunt.
Chapter 17

: The Capture Of Gheriah.
Chapter 18
: The "Black Hole" Of Calcutta.
Chapter 19
: A Daring Escape.
Chapter 20
: The Rescue Of The White Captive.
Chapter 21
: The Battle Outside Calcutta.
Chapter 22
: Plassey.
Chapter 23
: Plassey.
Chapter 24
: Mounted Infantry.
Chapter 25
: Besieged In A Pagoda.
Chapter 26
: The Siege Of Madras.

Chapter 27
: Masulipatam.
Chapter 28
: The Defeat Of Lally.
Chapter 29
: The Siege Of Pondicherry.
Chapter 30
: Home.

Preface.
In the following pages I have endeavoured to give a vivid picture of the
wonderful events of the ten years, which at their commencement saw
Madras in the hands of the French--Calcutta at the mercy of the Nabob
of Bengal--and English influence apparently at the point of extinction
in India--and which ended in the final triumph of the English, both in
Bengal and Madras. There were yet great battles to be fought, great
efforts to be made, before the vast Empire of India fell altogether into
British hands; but these were but the sequel of the events I have
described.
The historical details are, throughout the story, strictly accurate, and for
them I am indebted to the history of these events written by Mr. Orme,
who lived at that time, to the "Life of Lord Clive," recently published
by Lieutenant Colonel Malleson, and to other standard authorities. In
this book I have devoted a somewhat smaller space to the personal
adventures of my hero than in my other historical tales, but the events
themselves were of such a thrilling and exciting nature that no fiction
could surpass them.

A word as to the orthography of the names and places. An entirely new
method of spelling Indian words has lately been invented by the Indian
authorities. This is no doubt more correct than the rough-and-ready
orthography of the early traders, and I have therefore adopted it for all
little-known places. But there are Indian names which have become
household words in England, and should never be changed; and as it
would be considered a gross piece of pedantry and affectation on the
part of a tourist on the Continent, who should, on his return, say he had
been to Genova, Firenze, and Wien, instead of Genoa, Florence, and
Vienna; it is, I consider, an even worse offence to transform Arcot,
Cawnpoor, and Lucknow, into Arkat, Kahnpur, and Laknao. I have
tried, therefore, so far as possible, to give the names of well-known
personages and places in the spelling familiar to Englishmen, while the
new orthography has been elsewhere adopted.
G. A. Henty.
Chapter 1
: Leaving Home.
A lady in deep mourning was sitting, crying bitterly, by a fire in small
lodgings in the town of Yarmouth. Beside her stood a tall lad of sixteen.
He was slight in build, but his schoolfellows knew that Charlie
Marryat's muscles were as firm and hard as those of any boy in the
school. In all sports requiring activity and endurance, rather than
weight and strength, he was always conspicuous. Not one in the school
could compete with him in long-distance running, and when he was one
of the hares there was but little chance for the hounds. He was a capital
swimmer, and one of the best boxers in the school. He had a reputation
for being a leader in every mischievous prank; but he was honorable
and manly, would