Surajah Dowlah again Advances on Calcutta 413 Clive surprises his Camp 414 Alliance of Surajah Dowlah and the British 415 Capture of Chandernagore 415 Conspiracy against Surajah Dowlah 415 Clive Advances on Moorshedabad 416 Anxiety of his position; he Advances to Plassey 417 Battle of Plassey 418 Death of Surajah Dowlah; Meer Jaffier installed in his place 424 CHAPTER VI Southern India 426 Arrival of French Reinforcements under Lally 428 Admiral Pocock's First Action with d'Aché 429 Lally besieges Fort St. David 430 Fall of Fort St. David; Capture of Devicotah 431 Lally's disastrous March to Tanjore 432 Pocock's Second Action against d'Aché 434 Lally's Preparations against Madras 435 Counter-preparations of the British 435 Bussy recalled from Hyderabad 436 Lally Advances upon Madras 437 Abortive Sortie of the British 438 Lally's difficulties during the Siege 439 The Siege raised 440 Clive's counter-stroke against the Northern Sirkars 441 Forde's Advance against Conflans 442 Battle of Condore 442 Forde delayed in his Advance on Masulipatam 445 He lays Siege to the Fort 447 His desperate Position 447 Storm of Masulipatam 449 The Fruits of the Victory 453 CHAPTER VII British Operations in the Carnatic 454 Lally's difficulties with his Troops 455 Alarm of Dutch Aggression in Bengal 456 Third Engagement of Pocock and d'Aché 457 Defeat of Brereton at Wandewash 457 Lally turns to the Court of the Deccan 457 His diversion in the South; British Operations in the Carnatic 458 The Dutch in Bengal 459 Forde defeats them at Chandernagore 460 Battle of Badara 461