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.
![f ] tinned till it was quite dark, when the colonel perceiving that nothing of *757* confequence could be gained by it, ordered his men to delift, and to return '—v——* to their camp. In this little affair, we had a few men killed, and among the wounded were Captain Nicholas Weller of the king’s regiment, and Captain Frafer of the company’s troops* The following day, Meffrs. Waljh and Scrafton^ in confequence of a pro- pofal made by the Nabob, that two proper perfons might be fent to him to treat of a peace, were difpatched with the admiral’s and colonel’s demands. But thefe gentlemen, inftead of meeting with him at the place he himlelf had appointed, were conduced to Omichundls garden, which lies within the bound-ditch of Calcutta, and which he had now fixed upon for his head quarters. His army was encamped on a plain about 4 miles to the eaft- ward of the town, and now between it and our army. They did not fail to exprefs their furprize to the Nabob at not finding him at the place of his own appointment, and to which they had been direfled to repair, by their principals; adding that they very much doubted whether it was in their power to treat with him in any other place. After entering however a little upon the bufinefs that brought them thither, they foon found from his converfation, that his intention was only to amufe i they therefore preffed for a permiffion to leave him, and prefently after withdrew. He referred them, for a farther explanation of his fentiments, to one of his principal agents, who was a Seraf or Banker -, but as foon as MefiTrs. Waljh and Scrafton could get from him, they thought it prudent (for fear of any treachery) to put out their light, and then made the belt of their way to the colonel at his camp. As foon as the colonel had been acquainted with the ifTue of their nego¬ tiation, he came to an immediate refolution of attacking the Nabob in his camp that very night. For this purpofe, he difpatched away an exprefs to the admiral, acquainting him wkh his defign, and defiring him to ftrengthen his little army with a reinforcement of failors. Orders were accordingly iifued to the feveral captains of the fquadron to fend their proportion of officers and failors for this fervice, all volunteers, and who made up a body of five hundred and fixty-nine men. They had orders to proceed immediately by water to the camp, under the command of Captain Fhomas Warrick of the Fhunder bomb-ketch, and they joined the colonel about two in the morning, whofe troops were already under arms. Captain Warrick with his reinforcement was ordered to attend and guard the train of artillery, which co.nfified of fix field-pieces and one cohorn. Soon after¬ wards they marched off the ground in the following order : The king’s and company’s granadiers in the front; the bailors with the train next *, then followed the battalion ; and the Sepoys brought up the rear. At three, the colonel altered his difpofition, and marched the battalion before the train. In this order they went on unperceived till day-break, (having Mr. Amyatt, one of the council, and a black man, for ^heir guides.) About 2 five](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30410678_0137.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
