See also:

• PLASSEY (Palasi)

PLASSEY (Palasi)  , a See also:

• VILLAGE

village of See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal on the See also:

• RIVER

river Bhagirathi, the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of See also:

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

Clive's victory of the 23rd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1757, over the forces of the See also:

• NAWAB

nawab Suraj-ud-Dowlah . The fall of See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta and the " See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black Hole " atrocity led to instant See also:

• ACTION

action by the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company, and Clive, with as many troops as could be spared, undertook a See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against, the nawab, and soon reoccupied Calcutta . See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long and intricate negotiations, or rather intrigues, followed, and at the 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 of the See also:

• BATTLE

battle the See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty of most of the nawab's generals had been effectually undermined, though assistance, active or passive, could hardly be counted on . With this doubtful See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage, Clive, with 'too See also:

• EUROPEAN

European and 2100 native soldiers, and to 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-pieces, took the field against the nawab, who had 50,000 men, 53 heavy guns, and some See also:

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

French See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery under M. de St Frais . Only the river Bhagirathi separated Clive's little force from the entrenched See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp of the enemy, when the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, for once undecided, called a See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of See also:

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

war . Clive and the See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority were against fighting, See also:

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

Major See also:

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

Eyre See also:

• COOTE, SIR EYRE (1726-1783)

Coote, of the 39th See also:

• FOOT

Foot, and a few others for action . Coote's soldierly See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice powerfully impressed Clive, and after deep See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration he altered his mind and issued orders to See also:

• CROSS

cross the river . After a fatiguing 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, the force bivouacked in a See also:

• GROVE (O.E. graf, cf. O.E. gr(efa, brushwood, later" greave "; the word does not appear in any other Teutonic language, and the New English Dictionary finds no Indo-European root to which it can be referred; Skeat considers it connected with " grave," to
• GROVE, SIR GEORGE (182o-1900)
• GROVE, SIR WILLIAM ROBERT (1811-1896)

grove near See also:

• PLASSEY (Palasi)

Plassey See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early on the 23rd . The nawab's See also:

• HOST

host came out of its lines and was See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up in a huge semicircle almost enclosing the little force in the grove, and St Frais' gunners on the right wing opened See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire . Clive replied, and was soon subjected to the converging fire of 5o heavy guns . For See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours the unequal fight was maintained, until a rainstorm stopped it . The English covered up their guns, but the enemy took no such precaution .

Mir Mudin, the only loyal See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the nawab's See also:

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

army, thinking that Clive's guns were as useless as his own, made a disastrous See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge upon them; he lost his own See also:

• LIFE

life, and his colleagues then had the See also:

• GAME

game in their hands . Mir Jagar persuaded the nawab to retire into the entrenchments . St Frais stood fast until one of Clive's See also:

• OFFICERS

officers, Major See also:

• KILPATRICK, NEW, or EAST
• KILPATRICK, OLD

Kilpatrick, successfully drove him in . Clive followed up this success by cannonading the camp at See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close range . But the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank and See also:

• FILE

file of the native army, ignorant of the treachery of their leaders, made a furious sortie . For a time Clive was hard pressed, but his cool general-See also:

• SHIP

ship held its own against the undisciplined valour of the enemy, and, noticing Mir Jagar's See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division in his See also:

• REAR

rear made no move against him, he led his troops straight against the See also:

• WORKS

works . After a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short resistance, made chiefly by St Frais, the whole camp See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell. into his hands . At a cost of 23 killed and 49 wounded this See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day's See also:

• WORK

work decided the See also:

• FATE

fate of Bengal . The historic grove of mangoes, in which Clive encamped on the previous See also:

• NIGHT

night, has been entirely washed away by changes in the course of the river; but other See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics of the day remain, and a See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument has recently been erected .