The Virginia Gazette

Paris, Aug. 28. The Queen and the Diana arrived a few Days ago, at Port l'Orient from the East-Indies ; M. de la Touche is come over in the Diana, and brings a Confirmation of the Accounts we lately had by the Way of England, concerning the Success of our Countrymen in India. According to the Relation which M. Dupleix has sent by the Sieur de la Touche, it appears that the Nabob Naringuen, Usurper of the Kingdom of Golconda, not being disheartened at the Loss of Gingay, and other Repulses he had met with, assembled another powerful Army, in Order to try his Fortune once more with the French; which M. Dupleix being informed of, resolved to meet him at least Half-way, and therefore ordered the Sieur de la Touche to march against him from Gingay. The two Armies lay some Time four Leagues distant from one another, with a River between them which was not fordable, bad Weather and Scarcity of Provisions also kept them inactive. At last the French decamped, and after a long and painful March found a Ford, crossed the River, and came up in Sight of the Enemy. The Sieur de la Touche having made all the necessary Dispositions for an Engagement, gave the Command of the Center to M. Villeon, the Right Wing to M. Bui, and the Left to M. Kerjean; and on the 15th of December last gave the Signal for the Battle, which lasted four Hours, when the Enemy's Troops were broken on every Side, and fled with great Precipitation. While our Men were pursuing them, News was brought to M. de la Touche that Naringuen had been killed by two or three of his principal Officers, as some say, and that his Nephew Mouraferjung, whom he had long kept in Confinement, was proclaimed by the Army King of Golconda in his Room; whereupon the French General ordered the Firing to cease, and immediately after a Herald came to our Camp from the new Nabob, or King, to acquaint M. de la Touche with his Change of Condition, and proposed Terms of Friendship and Alliance.

This Victory does so much the more Honour to the French, as the Enemy were vastly superior in Number, being no less than 40,000 Foot, 45,000 Horse, and 700 Elephants, with 360 Pieces of Cannon; whereas our Army consisted of no more than 800 French Foot Soldiers, with 500 Horse, 3500 Sepoys, and only 20 Field Pieces. Mr. Dupleix's Relation concludes with great Encomiums on the Conduct and Bravery of the Sieur de la Touche, and the other Officers that shared with him in the Glory of the Victory.