See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

FRANCIS See also:

• FRANCIS FORDE (d. 1770)

FORDE (d. 1770)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier, first appears in the See also:

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

army See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list as a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in the 39th See also:

• FOOT

Foot in 1746 . This See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment was the first of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's service to serve in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India (hence its See also:

• MOTTO (an Italian word, from Late Lat. muttum, a low sound, a mutter or murmur, cf. mutere, to mutter; the Latin word also gives Fr. mot, word)

motto See also:

• PRIMUS, MARCUS ANTONIUS

Primus in Indis), and See also:

• FORDE, FRANCIS (d. 1770)

Forde was on See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty there when in 1755 he became See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major, at the same 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 as See also:

• EYRE, EDWARD JOHN (1815-1901)
• EYRE, SIR JAMES (1734-1799)

Eyre See also:

• COOTE, SIR EYRE (1726-1783)

Coote, soon to become his See also:

• RIVAL

rival, was promoted captain . At the See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express invitation of See also:

• CLIVE, CAROLINE (1801-1873)
• CLIVE, CATHERINE [KITTY] (1711-1785)
• CLIVE, ROBERT CLIVE, BARON (1725-1774)

Clive, Forde resigned his king's See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission to take the See also:

• POST

post of second in command of the E.I . See also:

• COMPANY

Company's troops in See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal . Soon after See also:

• PLASSEY (Palasi)

Plassey, Forde was sent against the See also:

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

French of See also:

• MASULIPATAM, or BANDAR

Masulipatam . Though feebly supported by the See also:

• MOTLEY
• MOTLEY, JOHN LOTHROP (1814–1897)

motley See also:

• RABBLE

rabble of an army which Anandraz, the See also:

• LOCAL

local ally, brought into 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, Forde pushed ahead through difficult 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 came upon the enemy entrenched at Condore . For four days the two armies faced one another; on the fifth both commanders resolved on the offensive and an encounter ensued . In spite of the want of spirit shown by Anandraz and his men, Forde in the end succeeded in winning the See also:

• BATTLE

battle, which was from first to last a brilliant piece of See also:

• WORK

work . Nor did he content himself with this; on the same evening he stormed the French See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp, and his pursuit was checked only by the guns of Masulipatam itself . The See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was quickly invested on the See also:

• LAND

land See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side, but difficulties crowded upon Forde and his handful of men . For fifty days little advance was made; then Forde, seeing the last avenues of See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape closing behind him, ordered an See also:

• ASSAULT (from Lat. ad, to or on, and saltare, to leap)

assault at midnight on the 25th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1759 . The Company's troops lost one-third of their number, but the See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm was a brilliant and astounding success .

Forde received less than no See also:

• REWARD

reward . The Company refused to confirm his lieut.-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel's commission,and he found himself junior to Eyre Coote, his old subaltern in the 39th Foot . Nevertheless he continued to assist Clive, and on the 25th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1759 won a success comparable to Condore at Chinsurah (or Biderra) against the Dutch . A See also:

• YEAR

year later he at last received his commission, but was still opposed by a See also:

• FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction of the See also:

• DIRECTORS

directors which supported Coote . Clive himself warmly supported Forde in these quarrels . In 1769, with See also:

• VANSITTART, HENRY (1732-1770 or 1771)

Vansittart and Scrafton, Colonel Forde was sent out with full See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers to investigate every detail of See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration . Their See also:

• SHIP

ship was never heard of after leaving the Cape of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

Hope on the 27th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December . Monographs on Condore, Masulipatam and Chinsurah will be found in See also:

• MALLESON, GEORGE BRUCE (1825-1898)

Malleson's Decisive Battles of India .