Page:History of the French in India.djvu/369

 WHAT BUSSY ACHIEVED AT AURANGABAD. Koromandel coast. Certainly in those days it was considered, even by the enemies of Dupleix, that the gain at Aurangabad far outweighed the losses in the Karnatik. To see how that gain was achieved, how French influence was so consolidated as to be for many years proof against the overthrow of French power at Pondichery, we must now devote a few pages to the romantic career of the energetic and stout-hearted Bussy.