A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV. And an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive in the years 1755, 1756, 1757; including a correspondence between the admiral and the nabob Serajah Dowlah ... Also, a journey from Persia to England, by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron: description of most of the trees, shrubs, and plants of India ... also a copy of a letter written by a late ingenious physician, on the disorders incidental to Europeans at Gombroon in the Gulph of Persia ... / By Edward Ives.
- Edward Ives
- Date:
- 1773
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV. And an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive in the years 1755, 1756, 1757; including a correspondence between the admiral and the nabob Serajah Dowlah ... Also, a journey from Persia to England, by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron: description of most of the trees, shrubs, and plants of India ... also a copy of a letter written by a late ingenious physician, on the disorders incidental to Europeans at Gombroon in the Gulph of Persia ... / By Edward Ives. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![175^* This was done with fo much fpirit, that about two o’clock a magazine in ^ ; tJ-je fort blew up, and about four, a flag was hung out as a fignal of fub- miffion. Upon this the admiral knt Richard King to demand an immediate entrance into the fort for the king’s troops, and that the Britijh flag fhould be hoifted on one of the baftions. A little before five, the lieutenant returned with an accdiint, that the governor confented to the hoifting Englijh colours, that he was willing to admit five or fix of our men that evening, and that the enfuing morning he would furrender the place. This anfwer not being deemed fatisfadory, we once more renewed our fire; but at a quarter after five, they again thought proper to hang out the flag of capitulation, and all hoftilities ceafed. Colonel Clive^ who, from the time he difembarked with the troops, had been making his approaches by land, and had greatly annoyed the enemy with his cannon, then came on board the admiral’s fhip, bringing with him an officer from the fort with articles of capitulation. Thefe were prefently agreed to by the two admirals and colonel; and an Englijh officer was fent in to take polTeffion of the fort, and to hoift Englijh colours. Prefently afterwards the Captains Forbes and Buchanan were detached with lixty men to fee the garrifon lay down their arms; and on the 14th, at fun*rifing, the colonel and the whole army marched into the place Thus at the expence of no more than twenty men killed and wounded, the important fortrefs of Geriah fell into the hands of the Englijh^ in which the vidlors found 250 pieces of cannon, fix mortars, an immenfe quantity of {lores and ammunition: one hundred thoufand pounds flerling in filvef rupees, and about thirty, thoufand more in valuable effedls. By this con- queft too, the notorioully infamous Angria was entirely ruined, and his whole country, which extended four degrees of latitude along the coaft, was taken from him. He himfelf efcaped our hands, having left the fort two or three days before it was attacked the government of which he committed to one of his wife’s brothers, under whofe care alfo he put his two wives and both his children f. * CzT^tiawThomas Knenvler of‘the Salijhnryt who enjoyed but a poor ftate of'health in this country, after a gallant difeharge of his duty on the expedition to Geriah, was permitted to ^]uit his fliip, and return to Europe. Captain of the Bridgewater, on this fucceeded to the Salijbury, Captain to the command of the Bridgewater', and Admiral Watfon'% firit lieutenant, William Hewet, to t\\^ King's-fjher; but this gentleman’s bad Hate of health, and his being charged with the admiral’s difpatches home on account of the fuccels at Geriah, foon made room for Mr. Richard Toby, the next in .commatad on board the Kent, to fucceed^to the King'SfFijher^ f „Soon after the furrender of Geriah, Angria'% two children, and one of his wives, were taken ill of the fmall-pox. At Mr. Wcff/on’s requelf, I conliantly attended them, and fent fuch medicines as I judgcd \vere proper for them. They always appeared very thankful for what I did; but I aftervvards discovered that they had not taken any of the medicines. They preferred the common method (deferibed in chap. 4,) ufed by the phyfical pradlitioners in their country, befprinkling the patient with lifted w'ood-alhes as ibon as the puftules begin to iill, which they add to, or diminiHi from, according to the greater or lefs quantity of variolous matter. One of his family had a pock of the confluent kind, and was covered rfrom head to foot with a flies; which, towards the latter end of the diforder, appeared like a mafs of pafte, furrounding the whole .body. The whole family of Angria recovered however fjo.n the dii'eafe. Admiral](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30410678_0110.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
