PLASSY, Battle of -- "A Plan of the Battle of Plassy, Fought the 23rd June 1757, between Surajid Dowlat Nabob of Bengal, engraved plan, [c.1760]
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"A Plan of the Battle of Plassy, Fought the 23rd June 1757, between Surajid Dowlat Nabob of Bengal; Who Had Upwards of Fifty Thousand Men in the Field, besides Horses and Elephants; and Colonel Robert Clive, Who Commanded One Thousand Europeans...", battle plan engraved by F. Garden after Lieut. Knox, showing troop movements, decorative cartouche, inset reference table, short tear at fold, 423 x 530mm., [c.1760]
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  • An engraved plan of the decisive British East India Company victory over the Nawab of Bengal and his allies, the event which established Company rule in India for the next hundred years.

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