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From The London Gazettes.
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES .
SATURDAY , APRIL 2
HOHSE-GUARDS , March 31 , 1796 . DISPATCHES from Major-General Stuart , commanding His Majesty ' s and the East-India Company ' s troops in the Island of , Ceylon , dated Trincomale , October 10 , 1795 , have been received by the Right Honourable Henry Dundas , one of his Majesty ' s Principal Secretaries of State ; by which it appears that the fort of Batticaloe , in that island , surrendered on . the 18 th of September to a detachment under the command of Major Frazer of the 72 d regiment . That on the 24 th of the same monthGeneral Stuart embarked from Trincomalewith a
con-, , siderable detachment of troops and artillery , on board of the Centurion man of war , the Bombay frigate , the Bombay store ship , and the Swallow and John packets , and on the 27 th disembarked the troops at Point Pedro , about twentyfour miles from Jaffnapatam , of-which important place he took possession onthe following day . -That on the 1 st of October , Captain Page , of his Majesty ' s ship Hobart , with a part of the 5 2 d regiment under , the command of the Honourable Captain Mpnson , on their return from Point Pedro to Trincomale , took possession of the factory and military post of Molletivoe ; and that on the 5 th of the
same month , the fort ancl island of Manar surrendered to Captain Barbut , whom General Stuart had detached on that service , with the flank companies of the 72 d regiment , and two companies of Sepoys , immediately on his having obtained possession of Jaffnapatam ., ¦ A letter from Colonel Brathwaite , dated Madras , October 17 , 179 ; , announces the surrender of Malacca , and its dependencies , on the 17 th of August , to the troops sent on that service , under the command of Major Brown . By dispatches from Bengal it also appears , that Chinsurah and its dependencieshave been taken , and that the'Dutch forces at those settlement ' s are prisoners of war .
TUESDAY , APRIL J . ADMIRALTY-OFFICE , April 5 , Copy of a Letter from Rear Admiral Rainer , dated on board his Majesty ' s ship Suffolk , in Madras Road , the I $ th of October , 1795 , to Evan Nepean , JEJ -J . * SlK , Yesterday , on the point of Sailing , I received the inclosed letter and papers from Captain Newcomegiving an account of his proceedingsand particularly of
, , the success of the expedition under his own and Major Browne's orders , of the Honourable Company's Infantry , against Malacca ; this place being now in the possession of the British troops . I feel a more than ordinary satisfaction in announcing this event for their Lordship's information , as , on account of the original force destined for that service being reduced , my expectations were less sanguine ; and also of its great importancefrom the security thereby afforded to the trade of his Majesty ' s
sub-, jects in the Streights of Malacca and the Chinese Seas . Being doubtful of the propriety of my conduct , in not having corresponded with the Right Honourable Plenty Dundas on the subject of the late expeditions , in which I co-operated in Council and execution , in obedience to the King's order * VOL . VI . O o
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
From The London Gazettes.
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES .
SATURDAY , APRIL 2
HOHSE-GUARDS , March 31 , 1796 . DISPATCHES from Major-General Stuart , commanding His Majesty ' s and the East-India Company ' s troops in the Island of , Ceylon , dated Trincomale , October 10 , 1795 , have been received by the Right Honourable Henry Dundas , one of his Majesty ' s Principal Secretaries of State ; by which it appears that the fort of Batticaloe , in that island , surrendered on . the 18 th of September to a detachment under the command of Major Frazer of the 72 d regiment . That on the 24 th of the same monthGeneral Stuart embarked from Trincomalewith a
con-, , siderable detachment of troops and artillery , on board of the Centurion man of war , the Bombay frigate , the Bombay store ship , and the Swallow and John packets , and on the 27 th disembarked the troops at Point Pedro , about twentyfour miles from Jaffnapatam , of-which important place he took possession onthe following day . -That on the 1 st of October , Captain Page , of his Majesty ' s ship Hobart , with a part of the 5 2 d regiment under , the command of the Honourable Captain Mpnson , on their return from Point Pedro to Trincomale , took possession of the factory and military post of Molletivoe ; and that on the 5 th of the
same month , the fort ancl island of Manar surrendered to Captain Barbut , whom General Stuart had detached on that service , with the flank companies of the 72 d regiment , and two companies of Sepoys , immediately on his having obtained possession of Jaffnapatam ., ¦ A letter from Colonel Brathwaite , dated Madras , October 17 , 179 ; , announces the surrender of Malacca , and its dependencies , on the 17 th of August , to the troops sent on that service , under the command of Major Brown . By dispatches from Bengal it also appears , that Chinsurah and its dependencieshave been taken , and that the'Dutch forces at those settlement ' s are prisoners of war .
TUESDAY , APRIL J . ADMIRALTY-OFFICE , April 5 , Copy of a Letter from Rear Admiral Rainer , dated on board his Majesty ' s ship Suffolk , in Madras Road , the I $ th of October , 1795 , to Evan Nepean , JEJ -J . * SlK , Yesterday , on the point of Sailing , I received the inclosed letter and papers from Captain Newcomegiving an account of his proceedingsand particularly of
, , the success of the expedition under his own and Major Browne's orders , of the Honourable Company's Infantry , against Malacca ; this place being now in the possession of the British troops . I feel a more than ordinary satisfaction in announcing this event for their Lordship's information , as , on account of the original force destined for that service being reduced , my expectations were less sanguine ; and also of its great importancefrom the security thereby afforded to the trade of his Majesty ' s
sub-, jects in the Streights of Malacca and the Chinese Seas . Being doubtful of the propriety of my conduct , in not having corresponded with the Right Honourable Plenty Dundas on the subject of the late expeditions , in which I co-operated in Council and execution , in obedience to the King's order * VOL . VI . O o