On the Fifth of _December_ Admiral _Watson_ anchored with his Squadron in _Ballasore_ Road, to which Place Mr. _Watts_ and Mr. _Becher_, both Gentlemen of the Council, were sent to congratulate his Arrival, and to acquaint him with the Situation of their Affairs; Mr. _Watts_ having been released by the Nabob in _July_. Ten Days after the Squadron arrived at _Fulta_, where, without Loss of Time, Measures were concerted for retrieving the Honour of the _English_ Nation, and restoring the Affairs of the Company. The Force was not great, but it was directed by Men of determined Courage, and of distinguished Capacities. Admiral _Watson_, and the Commander in Chief of the Land Forces, Colonel _Clive_, who, after performing Wonders in other Parts of the _Indies_, came to perform still greater Wonders here, and brought with him a Reputation that abundantly supplied the Want of Numbers. On the Twenty-eighth, the Fleet proceeded up the River. On the Twenty-ninth, Colonel _Clive_ landed; and the very next Day, with the Assistance of the Squadron, made himself Master of the Fort of _Busbudgia_; which, though a Place of great Strength, if it had been well defended, was taken with little Loss, and proved the happy Omen of all the mighty Things which afterwards followed. On New-Year's-Day, 1757, some of his Majesty's Ships cannonaded the Batteries, which had been constructed by the Enemy for the Defence of _Calcutta_, where they had a considerable Force; and this with such Success, that when the Troops debarked, they were abandoned. On the Second, the _English_ re-possessed themselves of their demolished Settlement; finding in the Fort, as they had done on the Batteries, a numerous Artillery left behind, by those, who had not either Skill or Courage to use them. After this Success, it was resolved to proceed up the River to _Hughley_, a very populous Town, full of Warehouses and Magazines; and in that, as well as other respects, a Place of Consequence; and so much the safer from our Naval Force, as it could not be reached by large Ships. On the Fifth, Captain _Smith_ in the _Bridgewater_, and the Sloop of War, anchored within Reach, and fired warmly upon the Town; and being seconded by all the armed Boats in the Fleet, it was very soon reduced. The better to distress the Enemy, the more to alarm the Province, and to work upon the Suba's governing Passion, Fear; Orders were given, though with much Reluctance, for burning the Houses, and for destroying, particularly, all the Magazines on both Sides of the River; which Orders were very punctually executed, and thereby speedily produced the desired Effects.