CONTENTS. IX
CHAPTER VII.
PACE
Marked change in the Company's policy ou the accession of James II. — Hostile
preparations — War with the Mogul — Disastrous results, 340
CHAPTER VIII.
New crown charters — Hostile feeling of tlie House of Coramons — Wholesale bribery and
scandalous disclosures— Rival Company established by act of parliament, i , 351
BOOK III.
CHAPTER I.
Actual position of the United Company— Political state of India — The immediate successors of Aurungzebe — Tlie Mahrattas and other native states — Tlie invasion of Nadir Shah, 382
CHAPTER II.
The ])rogress of the French in India— War between France and England — Naval and
military operations — The capture of Madras, 407
CHAPTER III.
Proceedings of the French at Madras — An attempt of the nabob upon it repulsed — The terms of capitulation shamefully violated — Unsuccessful attempts of the French upon Fort St. David — Proceedings of the English fleet under Admiral Boscawen — Siege of Pondicherry — The peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 418
CHAPTER IV.
The Carnatic — Its political state — Transactions in Tanjore — Early career of Clive —
Siege of Trichinopoly, 42'.)
CHAPTER V.
Intrigues of Mahomed Ali — Vacillating conduct of the Madras government — Siege of
Trichinopoly — Capture of Arcot, .......... 453
CHAPTER VI.
Continuation of the Siege of Trichinopoly — Arrival of Major Lawrence with a rein- forcement — Mahomed All's toriuous proceedings — Discontent of his allies — Attempts of the French to recover their lost ground — Clive sails for England — Successes of Major Lawrence — New intrigues of Dupleix, 471
CHAPTER VI L
Proceedings of Salabut Jung and Bussy — Great accession of territory to the French — Attempts at negotiation — Dupleix superseded returns to France — New arrange- ments — Arrival of a British fleet— Return of Clive — Destruction of pirates at
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