This signal Advantage was not obtained without some Loss. Admiral _Pocock_ was wounded, but not dangerously. The gallant Captain _Henry Speke_, equally distinguished by the Clearness of his Head and the Warmth of his Heart, who commanded the _Kent_, on board which Vice-Admiral _Watson_ wore his Flag, received a Wound from a Cannon Shot, which unhappily carried away the Leg of his Son, who deceased soon after, a Youth of the most amiable Character, extraordinary Learning, and admirable Abilities. The first Lieutenant, Mr. _Samuel Perreau_, and the Master of the _Tyger_, were both killed; the Third and Fourth Lieutenants were also wounded; and the former died. Of the private Men there were Thirty-two killed, and One hundred wounded. The Enemy had Forty killed and Seventy wounded in the Fort. They must be allowed to have defended themselves with great Spirit and Resolution, and probably would not have submitted so soon, if they had not suffered severely from Colonel _Clive_'s Batteries, and been still more galled by the Fire of his Men, from the flat Roofs of the Houses, which in Truth made it almost impossible for them to stand to their Guns. A Part of the _French_ Troops made their Escape, and marched Northwards, after whom Colonel _Clive_ sent a Detachment of Six hundred Seapoys, and Vice Admiral _Watson_ ordered several Boats up the River of _Hughley_, to seize upon whatever was _French_ Property; notwithstanding which, a great deal of the Company's Effects and Merchandize were concealed and carried away. This Blow was very decisive in reference to the _French_, whose Measures it entirely broke, by rendering the Schemes they had formed, with respect to the Suba, utterly impracticable. On the other hand, it released the _English_ from the Apprehensions they were under of being again attacked in _Calcutta_, in case the Squadron had left them without reducing this Place. These were so far from being Suspicions lightly founded, that their Danger was so great and so apparent, considering the Circumstances they were then in, and the Suba's delaying to restore their Artillery, that, if not encouraged by this Event, they would have been very slow in re-settling _Calcutta_. Happy as those immediate Effects were! they were hardly so much as remembred, after the greater Advantages that followed; which demonstrated how justly this Resolution was taken, and in what a critical Conjuncture it was executed.