Citation - Boston News Letter: 1764.07.19

Return to Database Home Page
Index Entry Tomtoms, in India, casualties, Mogul's cavalry and Seapoys 
Location India 
Citation
BNL.764.033
19 Jul 1764:11-12 (3152)
Fresh advices from the East-Indies.
[pointing hand]  A letter is inserted in the London Gazette,
from Major Adams, Commander of the Companies Forces in the
East-Indies, confirming a former account of the success
obtained over Cassim Ali Cawn, (inserted in this paper, May
24th.)
After giving an account of several skirmishes, in which the
enemy lost many men, he relates the general action as
follows:. . .
  Return of the killed and wounded of the army under the
command of Major Thomas Adams, in the Kingdom of Bengal,
from the 12th of July to the 5th of September.  1763. . . 
  Total killed and wounded of the Mogul's Cavalry. . .  1
commandant, 1 tomtom, i private. . . 
  Total of seapoys killed, wounded and missing.: . . . 
3 tomtoms and trumpeters,. . . 


Generic Title Boston News Letter 
Date 1764.07.19 
Publisher Draper, Richard and Samuel 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1764 
Bibliography B0009891
Return to Database Home Page
© 2010 Colonial Music Institute