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THREE FRENCHMEN IN BENGAL




[Illustration: THE GANGES VALLEY AND THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS IN
BENGAL, 1756 (_After Rennell_.)]




THREE FRENCHMEN IN BENGAL

OR

_THE COMMERCIAL RUIN OF THE FRENCH SETTLEMENTS IN 1757_

BY

S.C. HILL, B.A., B.Sc.

OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE RECORDS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AUTHOR
OF "MAJOR-GENERAL CLAUD MARTIN"

_WITH MAPS AND PLANS_


1903




TO

MY DEAR WIFE




PREFACE


This account of the commercial ruin of the French Settlements, taken
almost entirely from hitherto unpublished documents, originated as
follows.