As,
however, the garrison made no further sign of surrender, and refused
to admit Colonel Clive with his troops, when he advanced to take
possession, the bombardment was again renewed, more vigorously than
ever. The enemy were unable to support the violence of the fire, and
soon shouted over the walls, to Clive, that they surrendered; and he
might enter and take possession. He at once marched in, and the
pirates laid down their arms, and surrendered themselves prisoners.
It was found that a great part of the fortifications had been
destroyed by the fire, but a resolute garrison might have held the
fort, itself, against a long siege. Two hundred guns fell into the
hands of the captors, together with great quantities of ammunition,
and stores of all kinds. The money and effects amounted to a hundred
and twenty thousand pounds, which was divided among the captors. The
rest of Angria's fleet, among them two large ships on the stocks, was
destroyed.
Ramajee Punt sent parties of his troops to attack the other forts held
by the pirates. These, however, surrendered without resistance, and
thus the whole country, which the pirates had held for seventy years,
fell again into the hands of the Mahrattas, from whom they had wrested
it.
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