venture upon the coast.]

[Footnote 17: General Goddard marched from Corah to Surat, across the
continent of Indostan, and after the conclusion of the peace the same
army returned to Bengal under the command of Colonel Charles Morgan,
through countries which we had formerly little knowledge of. Colonel
Pearce marched at the head of five regiments of Bengal Sepoys from
Calcutta to reinforce Sir Eyre Coote's army at Madras. This brave
detachment was distinguished in every action; on the attack of the
French lines at Cuddalore, one of the regiments was opposed to a
French European regiment, and much of the success of that day is
attributed to the spirited exertions of the Bengal detachment. Colonel
Pearce, on the conclusion of the peace with Tippoo, marched this
detachment back to Calcutta, where it was disbanded in the month of
January.]

[Footnote 18: The separate peace with Madagee Scindia was entirely
owing to the capture of Gwalior and to the subsequent operations of a
detachment formed by Hastings for the express purpose of drawing
Scindia from Guzzerat to the defence of his own dominions, and as a
certain means of effecting a general peace.]

[Footnote 19: The war in India cost France at least seven millions
sterling, and at the close of it we were in possession of all the
French and Dutch settlements on the continent of India, and were
besieging their forces in Cuddalore when intelligence of the peace in
Europe was received at Madras.]

[Footnote 20: The Directors were divided at one period in their
opinion of Hastings; and Fox and Burke invariably laid great stress