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IOR/H/198

Record Id:: 040-000004238
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-000004036
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100000000171.0x0003dc
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: IOR/H/198
Title:: Journal of Colonel Alexander Champion.
Scope & Content:: (1) pp. 1-326, Private Journal of Col. Alexander Champion 6th Jan. 1764 --14th May 1766. (Probably a copy, as there are various incoherences in the text.) (2) Plans of Battles. p. 31, Battle of Patna 3rd May 1764 between Major John Carnac and forces of Shah Alam and Mir Kasim, with, pp. 35-6, Description of the Battle (about 260 words); p. 97, Battle of Buxar 23rd Oct. 1764 between Sir Hector Munro and the forces of Shuja-ud-daula and Mir Kasim, with, pp. 99-107, Description of the battle (about 1,700 words). This is the only known contemporary Plan of the Battle of Buxar. Accounts are to be found in the Seir Mutagherin, Gentil's Mémoire, Madec's Mémoire (see H/773), Annual Register 1765, Gentlemen's Magazine 1765. Also see Capt. Harper's Diary in Orme MSS. O.V. 219. The plan of the battle of Buxar has been reproduced by Mr. C. E, A. W. Oldham in the Bihar and Orissa Research Society Journal 1926. (3) pp. 49-56, 154-5, Correspondence between Major John Carnac and Bengal Council 11th to 23rd June 1764. (4) pp. 62-3, Capts. Alexander Champion and Giles Stibbert to Carnac 30th July 1764, Protest against Bengal Council's censure of his conduct of the campaign. (5) pp. 87-8, 150-4, 164-8, Correspondence between Champion and the Bengal Council 1st Oct. 1764 to 16th April 1765. (6) pp. 95, 109, Casualty Returns for the battle of Buxar 23rd Oct. 1764. (7) pp. 156-7, General Orders issued at Fort William 19th Sept 1765. (8) pp. 181-3, John Burdett to Champion 6th May 1765. (9) pp. 247-8, Correspondence between Champion and Capt. Archibald Swinton 29th Aug. 1765. (10) pp. 256-9, 273-4, 280, 284-5, Correspondence between Champion and Major Carnac 20th Sept. to 4th Nov. 1765. (11) pp. 277-80, 319, Correspondence between Champion and Lord Clive 22nd Oct. 1765 to 6th May 1766. (13) pp. 282-3, John Spencer (Governor of Bengal) to Champion 27th Oct. 1765. (14) pp. 291-3, Isaac Page (or Sage) to Col. Champion 9th Oct. 1765. (15) pp. 297-9, James Watts to Champion 2nd Jan 1766. (16) pp. 319-20, Sir Robert Barker to Lord Clive 1st May 1766, Mutinous resignation of European Officers.
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:: India Office Records
Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-000004036
040-000004238
Is part of:: IOR/H : Home Miscellaneous

IOR/H/198 : Journal of Colonel Alexander Champion.
Hierarchy:: 032-000004036[0094]/040-000004238
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Record Type (Level):: File
Extent:: 1 volume
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Languages:: English
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1764
End Date:: 1766
Date Range:: 1764-1766
Era:: CE
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