With Clive in India

<SPAN name="startofbook"></SPAN> <h1>With Clive in India:</h1> <h2>Or, The Beginnings of an Empire<br/> <br/> by G. A. Henty</h2> <hr /> <p>&nbsp;</p> <center> <table summary="Table of Contents"> <caption>Contents</caption> <tr> <td class="ltoc"></td> <td class="rtoc"><SPAN href="#Preface">Preface</SPAN>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch1">Chapter 1</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">Leaving Home.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch2">Chapter 2</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">The Young Writer.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch3">Chapter 3</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">A Brush With Privateers.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch4">Chapter 4</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">The Pirates Of The Pacific.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch5">Chapter 5</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">Madras.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch6">Chapter 6</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">The Arrival Of Clive.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch7">Chapter 7</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">The Siege Of Arcot.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch8">Chapter 8</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">The Grand Assault.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch9">Chapter 9</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">The Battle Of Kavaripak.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch10">Chapter 10</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">The Fall Of Seringam.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch11">Chapter 11</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">An Important Mission.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch12">Chapter 12</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">A Murderous Attempt.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch13">Chapter 13</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">An Attempt At Murder.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch14">Chapter 14</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">The Siege Of Ambur.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch15">Chapter 15</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">The Pirates' Hold.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch16">Chapter 16</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">A Tiger Hunt.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch17">Chapter 17</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">The Capture Of Gheriah.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch18">Chapter 18</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">The "Black Hole" Of Calcutta.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch19">Chapter 19</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">A Daring Escape.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch20">Chapter 20</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">The Rescue Of The White Captive.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch21">Chapter 21</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">The Battle Outside Calcutta.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch22">Chapter 22</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">Plassey.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch23">Chapter 23</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">Plassey.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch24">Chapter 24</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">Mounted Infantry.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch25">Chapter 25</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">Besieged In A Pagoda.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch26">Chapter 26</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">The Siege Of Madras.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch27">Chapter 27</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">Masulipatam.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch28">Chapter 28</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">The Defeat Of Lally.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch29">Chapter 29</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">The Siege Of Pondicherry.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="ltoc"><SPAN href="#Ch30">Chapter 30</SPAN>:</td> <td class="rtoc">Home.</td> </tr> </table> </center> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h2><SPAN name="Preface" name="Preface">Preface</SPAN>.</h2> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>G. A. Henty.</p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />