Had the enemy attacked, there is little doubt they would have put Clive's raw levies to flight.

They were, however, cowed by his attitude of defiance, and retreated hastily.
The governor of Covelong at once lost heart and surrendered the place; which he might have maintained, for months, against the force before it; and on the fourth day of the siege, capitulated.
A few hours afterwards the enemy from Chengalpatt, ignorant of the fall of the fort, again advanced; and Clive met them with his whole force.

Taken by surprise, they suffered heavily.

Clive pursued them to the gates of their fort, to which he at once laid siege.
Fortunately for the English, the commander of this place, like him of Covelong, was cowardly and incapable.

Had it not been so, the fort, which was very strong, well provisioned, and well garrisoned, might have held out for an indefinite time.