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432 GODEHEU AND DE LE I'll IT. CHAPTER X. GODEHEU AND DE LEYRIT. Before his departure from Pondichery, Dupleix had laid before his successor a detailed account of the mili- 1754. tary and other operations that had taken place in the Dakhan, in the Karnatik, and before Trichinapalli, and had indicated at great length the measures which he, had he continued at the head of affairs, would have adopted, in order to insure the triumph of the French arms. He advised him to maintain Bussy at the court of the Subadar, Moracin in the ceded districts, Main- ville at the head of the army before Trichinapalli. He counselled that to this last the reinforcements then landing should be sent without delay, and that he should be instructed to use them effectually before Admiral Watson's fleet, then shortly expected, should arrive off Madras. He laid special stress on the reten- tion of Mainville at the head of the army, not only because he had shown energy and capacity, but likewise because he had gained the complete confidence of the French allies — the Dalwai of Maisur and Murari Rao. For some time Godeheu made no sign. To Governor Saunders, indeed, he forwarded proposals of accommo- dation, and as an earnest of his sincerity, restored to him, that they might be used against France, the Swiss soldiers captured by Dupleix during the previous year. But neither to Bussy, to Moracin, nor to Mainville, did he give the smallest indication of his policy. He con-