Im Dienste der British East India Company
Tagebuch der Reise nach Gibraltar, Sāo Salvador/Brasilien und Madras 1782 bis 1785
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In 1781, with Britain struggling in the American Independence War, Hanover supplied two regiments under the command of Christoph August v. Wangenheim to support the East Indies Company in Madras in the fight against the rulers of Mysore, Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, to support Gibraltar and the Portuguese colony of Sao Salvador / Brazil. Using source material from the Thuringian State Archives, here are the diaries from Christoph August v. Wangenheim.
