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A Narrative of the Campaign in India which terminated the War with Tippoo Sultan in 1792 choose

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[Ind] A. Dirom Narrative of Campaign in India 147: The officer (of Tippoo’s troops) who led, on being challenged in Moors answered (Agari que logue), ‘We belong to the advance’—the title of Lally’s brigade, supposing the people he saw to be their own Europeans, whose uniform also is red; but soon discovering his mistake the commandant called out (Feringhy Banchoot!—chelow) ‘they are the rascally English! Make off’; in which he set the corps a ready example [Y&B].
at banchoot, n.
[Ind] A. Dirom Narrative of Campaign in India II 192: The party of the enemy on passing the park of artillery [...] asked some of the camp followers, for the Burra Saib, or commander.
at burra sahib (n.) under burra, adj.
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