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OUR ANGLO-INDIAN ARMY.
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had been left in the fort under Captain Dalton, who, in obedience to his orders, kept a very strict look out, to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Mysoreans; and in this he had to guard not only against the overt acts of Nunjeraj, but even against the machinations of the latter for his assassination. At length the Mysorean general determined to starve him out of the coveted stronghold; and, while Clive and Major Lawrence were engaged in a distant part of the Carnatic, reducing Covelong, Chingleput, and other places, he caused all sup-
