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Part One: The Most Evil Company In History

Behind the Bastards

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The Battle of Place

Clive is not a military genius, although he gets that reputation at the time. The consensus now more seems to be that he was just competent and didn't fuck anything up and was very brave. He scares a bunch of elephants and makes them run through enemy ranks. And the british east india company's stock raises 12 % off of his victoriesa everything culminates in the battle of place. It's one of those battles, like the battle of hastings, that everybody should know about.

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