Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s3.5
Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s3.5
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v4.c56.s3.5
Marquess Wellesley and his British admirers were not tired of saying that Perron was building up “a French State in the heart of India” with the aim of “extending it to the Satlaj and beyond”.* Such a theory ignores the practical, mercenary character of Perron and the basic facts of Indian geography. With all the Indian sea-ports under British control and the British navy dominating the Indian Ocean, Perron’s army isolated in the heart of North India, however initially supplied with European officers and military engines, would have had to live “in the air” and ultimately die of inanition.