It is the first time that European and Indian soldiers have come into contest, and it shows how immense is the superiority of Europeans.

What Paradis did then opens all sorts of possibilities for the future; and it may be that either we or the French are destined to rise, from mere trading companies, to be rulers of Indian states.
"Such, I know, is the opinion of young Clive, who is a very long-headed and ambitious young fellow.

I remember his saying to me one night, when we were, with difficulty, holding our own in the trenches, that if we had but a man of energy and intelligence at the head of our affairs in Southern India, we might, ere many years passed, be masters of the Carnatic.

I own that it appears to me more likely that the French will be in that position, and that we shall not have a single establishment left there; but time will show.
"Having defeated Maphuz Khan, Dupleix resolved to make a great effort to expel us from Fort Saint David, our sole footing left in Southern India; and he despatched an army of nine hundred Frenchmen, six hundred Sepoys, and a hundred Africans, with six guns and mortars, against us.

They were four to one against us, and we had hot work, I can tell you.