See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

COUNT See also:

• BENOIT, PETER LEONARD LEOPOLD (1834—1901)

BENOIT DE See also:

• COUNT BENOIT DE BOIGNE (1751-1830)

BOIGNE (1751-1830)  , the first of the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French military adventurers in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CHAMBERY

Chambery in See also:

• SAVOY, HOUSE
• SAVOY, HOUSE OF

Savoy on the 8th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1751, being the son of a See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant . He joined the Irish See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

Brigade in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France in 1768, and subsequently he entered the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian service and was captured by the See also:

• TURKS

Turks . See also:

• HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

Hearing of the See also:

• WEALTH

wealth of India, he made his way to that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, and after serving for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East India See also:

• COMPANY

Company, he resigned and joined Mahadji Sindhia in 1784 for the purpose of training his troops in the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European methods of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war . In the battles of Lalsot and Chaksana See also:

• BOIGNE, BENOIT DE, COUNT (1751-1830)

Boigne and his two battalions proved their See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

worth by holding the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field when the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the Mahratta See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army was defeated by the Rajputs . In the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• AGRA

Agra (1788) he restored the Mahratta fortunes, and made Mahadji Sindhia undisputed See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of Hindostan . This success led to his being given the command of a brigade of ten battalions of See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry, with which he won the victories of See also:

• PATAN (_" city ")

Patan and Merta in 1790 . In consequence Boigne was allowedto raise two further brigades of disciplined infantry, and made See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of Sindhia's army . In the battle of Lakhairi (1793) he defeated See also:

• HOLKAR

Holkar's army . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of Mahadji Sindhia in 1794, Boigne could have made himself master of Hindostan had he wished it, but he remained loyal to Daulat See also:

• RAO, SIR DINKAR (1819–1896)
• RAO, SIR T

Rao Sindhia . In 1795 his See also:

• HEALTH

health began to fail, and he resigned his command, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year returned to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe with a See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune of £400,000 . He lived in retirement during the lifetime of See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon, but was greatly honoured by See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XVIII . He died on the Zest of See also:

• JUNE

June 1830 .

See H . See also:

• COMPTON, HENRY (1632-1713)

Compton, European Military Adventurers of Hindustan (1892) .