[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 264.12 # Storia do Mogor 264.12 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 264.12 - **Language:** English ### [264.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.264.12) During this going to and fro the war in Bengal went on. By the time the answer arrived Governor Gyfford was already out of office, and there governed in his place Alexandre Hayel. The latter, on seeing the good-will shown by the king, was very pleased, but was unable to send off any representative at once, because he had to report to the general, who lived in the island of Bombajm (Bombay), at a great distance from Madras. The officials at the court, finding that no agent appeared in time, and being aggrieved at what the king had said in audience, so managed affairs that they forced the king into investing the fortress of Bombahim (Bombay). That place was so closely pressed that it very nearly fell into the hands of the Mogul. Finally, the \[English\] general was obliged to send an envoy to the court. Great expenditure was incurred before he obtained entry in the manner that everybody obtains ; and he received his leave to depart when an order to raise the investment of Bombay had been issued. The English undertook to send orders to withdraw their fleet from Bengal. If these efforts had only been made at the proper time, there would not have been so much expense or damage, for from a single neglect flow many evils \[155\]. - [Previous: 264.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.264.11) - [Next: 265.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.265.1.1) - [Up: 264](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.264) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.264.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.264.12) · Pramāṇa