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Encyclopedia Britannica



BUXAR, or BAXAR

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 892 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BUN-CAL
BUXAR, or BAXAR , a town of India, in the
district
  of Shahabad, Bengal, on the
south
  bank of the Ganges, and on the
East
  Indian railway. Pop. (19o1) 13,945. There is a dismantled fort of small size which was important from its commanding the Ganges. A celebrated victory was gained here on the 23rd of October 1764 by the British forces under Major (afterwards Sir Hector) Munro, over the united armies of Shuja-ud-Dowlah and Kasim Ali
Khan
 . The action raged from 9 o'
clock
  till
noon
 , whenthe enemy gave way. Pursuit was, however, frustrated by Shuja-ud-Dowlah sacrificing a
part
  of his army to the safety of the
remainder
 . A
bridge
  of boats had been constructed over a stream about 2 M. distant from the field of battle, and this the enemy destroyed before their rear had passed over. Through this act 2000 troops were drowned, or otherwise lost; but destructive as'was this proceeding, it was, said Major Munro, " the best piece of generalship Shuja-ud-Dowlah showed that day, because if I had crossed the rivulet with the army, I should either have taken or drowned his whole army in the
Karamnasa
 , and come up with his treasure and jewels, and Kasim Ali
Khan
 's jewels, which I was informed amounted to between two and three millions."


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