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'''This was an event during the [[3rd Carnatic War]]'''<br>
== Summary ==
On learning of the [[Loss of Calcutta 1756|Loss of Calcutta]] an expedition was mounted under Robert Clive with a naval squadron under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Watson_(Royal_Navy_officer) Admiral Charles Watson]. The force left [[Madras (City)|Madras]] on 15 October 1756. They reached [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balasore Balasore] on 5 December and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falta,_South_24_Parganas Fulta] on 20 December. There they met up with the refugees from Calcutta and the advanced force under Major Kilpatrick which had left Madras earlier. The combined force sailed up the Hooghly and reached Mayapore on 38 December where the army was disembarked. The ships continued upriver and the soldier struggled through swamps towards the fort at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budge_Budge Budge Budge]. After a night attack on Clive's camp was repulsed and the naval guns had silenced the Indian artillery, the fort was taken. The Indian general Manakchand retreated towards Calcutta.
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/85/mode/1up Robert Clive (1725-74)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/236/mode/1up John Kilpatrick (17??-87)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/410/mode/1up Suraj-ud Daulah (1731-57)]
