midday
In a heavy fog , about daybreak , Clive came up at the head of a mixed force of king 's troops , sepoys and sailors , some two thousand men in all . Hordes of Persian cavalry charged him through the mist , but they were beaten off , and Clive forced his way through the enemy 's camp until he came near the Nawab 's own tents , pitched in Omichand 's garden . Sirajuddaula himself was within an ace of being captured . His troops made but a poor stand against the British , and by midday the battle was over . Scared by this defeat , the Nawab was ready to conclude with the Company the treaty which long negotiations had failed to effect . By this treaty the trading privileges granted to the Company by the emperor of Delhi were confirmed ; the Nawab agreed to pay full compensation for the losses sustained by the Company and its servants ; and the right to fortify Calcutta was conceded . The longstanding grievances of the Company were thus , on paper , redressed .