TURNING OF THE TIDE OF WAR

119 tions from Madras and Pondicherri, accusing each other of breaches of international law, denouncing one an- other 's manoeuvres, and imploring their respective gov- ernments at home to interpose against each other's total disregard of the most ordinary political morality. The French troops had carried the Karnatic for their candidate, had sent Bussy with Muzaffar Jang to estab- THE ROCK OF TRICHINOPOLI. lish him as Nizam at Haidarabad, and seemed in a fair way toward general success. The English had thrown a reinforcement into Trichinopoli, where Mohammad Ali defended himself steadily against Chanda Sahib; but the fortress was beleaguered by a greatly superior army with a strong French contingent, and was saved only when Clive made an effective diversion by his dar- ing seizure of Arcot, the capital of the Karnatic. This was the turning-point of the war. A large division of the besieging army, despatched from Trichi-