(After Rennell) Frontispiece MAP OF THE RIVER HUGLI FROM BANDEL TO FULTA.

[Illustration: MAP OF THE RIVER HUGLI FROM BANDEL TO FULTA.

In January the English sailed up the Hugli, passed Chandernagore contemptuously without a salute, burned the Moorish towns of Hugli and Bandel, ravaged the banks of the river, and retired to Calcutta.

This possibly amused the Nawab, who took no notice of their letters; but it was a different matter when a small English force sailed up the Hugli, passed Chandernagore unopposed by the French, captured the fort of Hugli, burnt Hugli and Bandel towns, and ravaged both banks of the river down to Calcutta.