He came back in time to go with Gingen's force; but after the defeat of Valkonda he resigned his office, I suppose in disgust, and returned to Fort Saint David.

In July, some of the Company's ships came in with some reinforcements.

There were no military officers left at Fort Saint David, so Mr.Pigot, a member of the council, started with a large convoy of stores, escorted by eighty English and three hundred Sepoys.
Clive volunteered to accompany them.

They had to march thirty or forty miles to Verdachelam, a town close to the frontier of Tanjore, through which the convoy to Trichinopoli would be able to pass unopposed, but the intervening country was hostile to the English.
"However, the convoy passed unmolested, and after seeing it safely to that point, Pigot and Clive set out to return, with an escort of twelve Sepoys.

They were at once attacked, and for miles a heavy fire was kept up on them.