[The Works Of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. IX. (of 12) by Edmund Burke]@TWC D-Link bookThe Works Of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. IX. (of 12) PART IX 149/219
Its termination, as usual, was the result of the military merit and the fortune of this nation. Cossim Ali, after having been defeated toy the military genius and spirit of England, (for the Adamses, Monroes, and others of that period, I believe, showed as much skill and bravery as any of their predecessors,) in his flight swept away above three millions in money, jewels, or effects, out of a country which he had plundered and exhausted by his unheard-of exactions.
However, he fought his way like a retiring lion, turning his face to his pursuers.
He still fought along his frontier.
His ability and his money drew to his cause the Subahdar of Oude, the famous Sujah ul Dowlah.
The Mogul entered into these wars, and penetrated into the lower provinces on one side, whilst Bulwant Sing, the Rajah of Benares, entered them on another.
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