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CAMPAIGN MAIL - FIRST MAHRATTA WAR; 1 May 1780 EL (separate outer - small tears - and letter) to London with "LONDON/SHIP LRE" hs on front and rated '2'(d) on front, contents datelined Bombay and written by a Matthew Murray I also informed you of the capture of Amudabad by General Goddard. He Received an addition to his force of one battalion of Europeans and one of Sepoys, besides artillery from Madras and although he has so fine an army under his command, he has not yet been able to do anything decisive against the Mahratta's who have been sent from Poona to oppose him. The cost of this expedition to the [East India] Company is enormous and whether ever we will have any advantages adequate to it is doubtful. Fine contemporary insight into the first (1775-82) campaign. Cross Reference: INCOMING OVERSEAS MAIL, SHIP LETTERS, LONDON POSTAL HISTORY, MILITARY
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