Narrative of the Operations of a Detachment in an Expedition to Candy, in the Island of Ceylon, in the Year 1804: With Some Observations on the Previous Campaign, and on the Nature of Candian Warfare, &c. &c. &c (Classic Reprint)

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The operations of any part of the mash tr00ps, and the means by which theymay be rentlered more effectual. Cannot be a matter of indifference to the Commander in Chief: Whatever con tributes to the improve -'ment of military knowledge will, I am per suadegl, be favourably received by your Ex celle'ncy, to whom the semce is already so much indebted for its present proficiency in military tactics. It is the object of this narrative to relate and explain a species of warfare in which the British troops have 2been little engaged, and are consequently.

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