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² [The B.C.G. (1909), ii. 104, states that Admiral Watson’s fleet consisted of 12 men-of-war (6 of the Royal Navy and 6 of the Company’s Marine), 5 bomb-vessels, 4 Marāthā grabs, and 50 gallivats. Aboard were 800 European troops, a company of King’s Artillery, and 600 native troops. The fleet sailed from Bombay on February 7, 1756, and arrived off Gheria on February 11.]