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Foreign News March 25, 1785

Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser

Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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A London paper from November reports Tippoo Saib's bloody revenge against British forces in India, attributing the torments suffered by General Meadows and his army to the East India Company's betrayal and depredations, which dethroned princes, wasted provinces, and killed millions of Indians.

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HARTFORD, March 15.

A writer in a London paper of November last, says, "Tippoo Saib has taken a bloody revenge for the injuries his countrymen have experienced, and a British General and army have become the victims of that violated faith and disregard to every moral tie, in which he was instructed by the servants of the East India company; but though nature shudders at the bare relation of the horrid torments which General Meadows and his brave fellow soldiers have endured, yet these miseries can only be imputed to the company themselves, who, partaking of the spoil torn from the bleeding limbs of the miserable Indians, have constantly protected their infamous servants in their bloody depredations. How many princes have been dethroned! How many provinces laid waste! How many millions of the wretched people tortured and slain to gratify the griping avarice of these cruel tyrants! It is to them alone whom the mangled bodies of our countrymen cry for vengeance: from them, the widow demands her slaughtered husband: the child its parent: the country its soldier butchered in cold blood, to gratify the mad ambition of a company of merchants, who never make a friendship but with a design to betray, and have taught the princes of India a lesson, which they have now too fatally put in practice."

What sub-type of article is it?

Military Campaign Colonial Affairs War Report

What keywords are associated?

Tippoo Saib General Meadows East India Company British Army India Revenge Colonial Depredations

What entities or persons were involved?

Tippoo Saib General Meadows

Where did it happen?

India

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

India

Event Date

November Last

Key Persons

Tippoo Saib General Meadows

Outcome

british general and army became victims of bloody revenge and horrid torments; many princes dethroned; provinces laid waste; millions of people tortured and slain.

Event Details

Tippoo Saib took bloody revenge for injuries to his countrymen, targeting a British General and army due to violated faith taught by East India Company servants; the company protected those responsible for depredations, leading to widespread suffering among Indians and now vengeance against British forces.

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