A Reinforcement of Three hundred Men from _Bombay_ arriving at _Calcutta_, Colonel _Clive_ advanced by the River Side, with Seven hundred Whites, and Sixteen hundred Seapoys, towards the _French_ Settlement; and with very little Loss took Possession of most of the Out-Posts on the Fourteenth of _March_. On the Fifteenth, the Enemy abandoned all their Batteries, notwithstanding these were very well disposed, and in exceeding good Order. He was now possessed of every Post they had, but the Fort, and a Redoubt seated between the River Side and the Fort Walls, wherein were mounted Eight Pieces of Cannon, Twenty-four Pounders, Four of which pointed down the River. The same Day Admiral _Watson_ sailed with the _Kent_ of Sixty-four, the _Tyger_ and _Salisbury_, each of Fifty Guns, having previously sent a Twenty-Gun Ship, and a Sloop, to cover the Boats attending the Camp. On the Eighteenth, he anchored about Two Miles below _Chandenagore_, and the Troops on Shore being employed in raising a Battery against the Fort, the Weather becoming extremely foggy, and the Impediments before-mentioned being of Necessity to be removed, occasioned some Delay. The First Thing to be done was clearing the River; and the Booms being cut, and running adrift, a proper Passage was soon discovered, by sounding, and without losing Time in weighing the _French_ Vessels. While this was about, the brave Admiral _Pocock_, who was just arrived at _Culpee_ in the _Cumberland_, resolving to have a Share in the Action, came in his Long-Boat, and going on board his Majesty's Ship the _Tyger_, hoisted his Flag there. On the Twenty-third, at Six in the Morning, the _Tyger_, _Kent_, and _Salisbury_, weighed. About Ten Minutes after the Enemy began to fire from the Redoubt, but their Artillery was soon silenced by the _Tyger_. Before Seven the Ships were properly stationed, and the Signal being given, the Engagement began; the Firing continuing very brisk on both Sides, till a Quarter after Nine, when the Besieged hung out a Flag of Truce, and the Articles of Capitulation were very quickly settled and signed. In consequence of this, Captain _Latham_, of the _Tyger_, was dispatched by Vice-Admiral _Watson_ to receive the Keys of the Fort, into which Colonel _Clive_ marched with the Troops about Five in the Afternoon. Thus _Chandenagore_, according to the Scheme originally proposed, constantly insisted upon, and at last rendered practicable by Mr. _Watts_, with all the _French_ subordinate Settlements in the Province of _Bengal_, were reduced; and thereby most of the Schemes laid for the future Destruction of _Calcutta_, and the other _English_ Factories, rendered abortive. An Expedition, in the first Instance, glorious to the _British_ Arms, and in its Consequences, as from the Sequel of this Relation will appear, of the highest Importance.