Their depredations continuing, the Dutch proposed joint action against them; so, in December, 1750, a joint Dutch and English squadron forced the defences of the Coorla River, burnt and captured twenty-three of their vessels, and reduced them to quietness for a time.
Toolajee had now become very powerful.

From Cutch to Cochin his vessels swept the coast in greater numbers than Conajee had ever shown, and cruised defiantly off Bombay harbour.

But for the presence of four King's ships on the coast, Bombay trade would have suffered severely.

When Boscawen left Indian waters,[3] after receiving over Madras from the French, he detached four ships, the _Vigilant_, Tartar_, _Ruby_, and _Syren_, to cruise on the West coast, under Commodore Lisle.

For two years, the protection afforded by Lisle's squadron gave some security to the Bombay coast trade.