One square tower in the fort burned with such violence as to resemble a fabric of red-hot iron in a smithy.
Early next morning, Watson sent in a flag of truce again, but surrender was still refused, so the line-of-battle ships were warped in and recommenced firing; while Clive, who had approached the fort, battered it from the land side.

At four in the afternoon a magazine in the fort blew up, and a white flag was hoisted.

An officer was sent on shore, but the Governor still attempted to evade surrender.

He consented to admit five or six men into the fort to hoist English colours, but would not definitely surrender possession till next day.

So fire was reopened, and in twenty minutes more the Angrian flag was hauled down for the last time, and the last shred of Angrian independence had ceased to exist.
Sixty men, under Captains Forbes and Buchanan, were marched up to hold the gate for the night.