See also:

• PIERRE

PIERRE CUILLIER See also:

• PERRON (a French word meaning properly a "large stone," Ital. Petrone, from Lat. Petra, Fr. pierre, stone)
• PIERRE CUILLIER PERRON (1755-1834)

PERRON (1755-1834)  , See also:

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

French military adventurer in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, whose name was originally See also:

• PIERRE

Pierre Cuillier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1755 at See also:

• CHATEAU (from Lat. castellum, fortress, through O. Fr. chastel, chasteau)

Chateau du See also:

• LOIRE

Loire in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, the son of a See also:

• CLOTH

cloth See also:

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

merchant . In 1780 he went out to India as a sailor on a French See also:

• FRIGATE

frigate, deserted on the See also:

• MALABAR

Malabar See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, and made his way to upper India, where he enlisted in the rana of Gohad's See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps under a Scotsman named Sangster . In 1790 he took` service under De See also:

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

Boigne, and was appointed to the command of his second 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 1795 he assisted to win the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Kardla against the See also:

• NIZAM

nizam of See also:

• HYDERABAD, HAIDARABAD
• HYDERABAD, or HAIDARABAD

Hyderabad, and on De Boigne's retirement became See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

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

chief of Sindhia's See also:

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

army . At the battle of Malpura (1800) he defeated the See also:

• RAJPUT

Rajput forces . After the defeat of See also:

• UJJAIN, or UJAIN

Ujjain (1891) he refused to send his troops to the aid of Sindhia . His treachery on this occasion shook his position, and on the outbreak of See also:

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

war between Sindhia and the See also:

• BRITISH

British in 1803 See also:

• PERRON (a French word meaning properly a "large stone," Ital. Petrone, from Lat. Petra, Fr. pierre, stone)
• PERRON, PIERRE CUILLIER (1755-1834)

Perron was superseded and fled to the British See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp . In the battles of See also:

• DELHI, DEHLI

Delhi, See also:

• LASWARI

Laswari and See also:

• ASSAYE

Assaye, Perron's battalions were completely destroyed by See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake and See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur See also:

• WELLESLEY
• WELLESLEY, RICHARD COLLEY WESLEY (or WELLESLEY)

Wellesley . He returned to France with a large See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, and died in 1834 . See H . See also:

• COMPTON, HENRY (1632-1713)

Compton, See also:

• EUROPEAN

European Military Adventurers of Hindustan (1892) .