thirty-five Sepoys; the
casualties being caused almost entirely by the enemy's cannon.

The expedition, from a military point of view, had been an entire
failure. He had carried neither the battery nor Omichund's garden. Had
it not been for the fog he might have succeeded in both these objects;
but, upon the other hand, the enemy were as much disconcerted by the
fog as he was, and were unable to use their forces with any effect.
Military critics have decided that the whole operation was a mistake;
but although a mistake and a failure, its consequences were no less
decisive.

The nabob, struck with astonishment at the daring and dash of the
English, in venturing with so small a force to attack him, and to
march through the very heart of his camp, was seized with terror. He
had lost thirteen hundred men in the fight, among whom were
twenty-four rajahs and lesser chiefs, and the next morning he sent in
a proposal for peace.

A less determined man than Clive would, no doubt, have accepted the
proposal. Calcutta was still besieged by a vastly superior force,
supplies of all kinds were running short, the attack of the previous
day had been a failure. He knew, however, the character of Asiatics,
and determined to play the game of bounce. The very offer of the nabob
showed him that the latter was alarmed. He therefore wrote to him,
saying that he had simply marched his troops through his highness'
camp to show him of what British soldiers were capable; but that he
had been careful to avoid hurting anyone, except those who actually
opposed his progress. He concluded by expressing his willingness to
accede to the nabob's proposal, and to negotiate.

The nabob took it all in. If all this destruction and confusion had
been wrought by a simple march through his camp, what would be the
result if Clive were to take into his head to attack him in earnest?
He therefore at once withdrew his army three miles to the rear, and
opened negotiations. He granted all that the English asked: that all
the property and privileges of the Company should be restored, that
all their goods should pass into the country free of tax, that all the
Company's factories, and all moneys and properties belonging to it or
its servants, should be restored or made good, and that permission
should be given to them to fortify Calcutta as they pleased.

Having agreed to these conditions, the nabob, upon the 11th of
February, retired with his army to his capital;