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This being refused , the admiral ordered his ships to warp within a cable 's length of the walls in three fathoms and a quarter water , and the attack was renewed by sea and land , Clive gradually advancing and worrying the enemy with his cannon . At two o'clock a magazine in the fort blew up , and not long after , just as Clive was about to give the order to storm , a white flag was seen fluttering at one of the bastions . A messenger was sent to the governor to arrange the capitulation , but when he was met by prevarication and pleas for delay the bombardment was once more resumed . A few minutes of this sufficed to bring the defenders to reason , and by five o'clock the English flag flew upon the walls . Clive postponed his entry until dawn on the following morning . `` By Jove , Mr. Burke , '' he said to Desmond , who showed him the way to the palace , `` if we had been within these walls I think we could have held out till doomsday . '' All the English officers were impressed by the strength of the fortifications .