Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c56.s6.5

v4.c56.s6.5

“By reason of the difficulty in getting European officers,—above all Frenchmen, whom the English prevented, as much as lay in their power, from travelling to the princes of the country, we were obliged to accept nearly every [white candidate] who presented himself. And the greater number of my Majors, Captains, and lieutenants were English and the natural sons of English fathers and native women.