A History of the Mahrattas v1.c26.29

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¹ [The flag in Gheria was struck at 6.25 p.m.; an officer and sixty men marched into the fort and took possession; at 6.36 p.m. the English flag was hoisted. On February 14 Clive marched in with all the land forces, and then dispatched a vessel to Bombay to announce the capture of the fort and the complete destruction of Angria’s fleet. (*Selections from State Records* (1885), p. viii.) The losses on the British side were not more than twenty killed and wounded. About 250 ‘pieces of cannon’ were taken, with much other valuable booty. For full details see Ives, *A Voyage from England to India*, &c., London, 4to. (1773), pp. 83–6.]