The Mahrattas offered him two lakhs of rupees if he would support them in attacking Dabul, but he dared not exceed his orders again, and returned to Bombay.

The success of a second _coup-de-main_ could not be relied on, and a repulse would have restored Toolajee's drooping spirits, and made future success more difficult.

The soldiers Bombay had lent to Madras were no longer required, so James was sent there in the _Protector_, to bring them back after the monsoon.
In the end of October, an unexpected accession of force, from England, reached Bombay.

In the suspension of arms that had been concluded at Madras between the English and French, Carnatic affairs alone were made the subject of agreement.

Bussy, with a French force, remained in the Deccan, engaged in extending the Nizam's influence, a proceeding that was viewed with alarm by the Peishwa.