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Yetit would be misleading so to stress the role of firepower
as to neglect the autonomous nature of much land warfare.
Rather than think simply in terms of a scale of achievement
based on standing armies and firepower tacticsit is more fruit-
ful to explore different contextspressuresand opportunities.
The role of environmental adaptation is crucial: European forces
had only a limited impact in Africa andmore generallythe
tropicsand the British were successful in India in large part be-
cause their army there was mainly composed of native soldiers:
over 100000 in 1782. Similarlyon Javathe Dutch used local
troopsalthough their ability to operate successfully away from
coastal areas was limitedas was shown clearly in the Third Ja-
vanese War of Succession in 1746–57and in operations against
Bante?n in late 1750.
The position at sea was different. There the Europeans en-
joyed an effective monopoly of long-distance naval strength.
There were other naval powersespecially Oman in the Arabian
Sea and off the coast of East Africabut none matched the Euro-
peans. Despite its enormous resourcesthe strength of its gov-
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