Three Frenchmen in Bengal / The Commercial Ruin of the French Settlements in 1757

in, is, I believe, the correct designation of the gentleman who appears in all the records of

Nawab Jusserat Khan at Dacca, to seize the English Factory, and make prisoners of the Company's

a common house, su

f of it not above n

f a lieutenant" (Lieu

orporals, and 19

hristians[122] and

to M. Courtin, chief of the French Factory, for information. In reply M. Courtin sent them a number of letters which he had received from Chandernagore, confirming the bad news from Calcutta. Taking into consideration the unfortified condition of the Factory, and that Dacca was only four days by river from Murshidabad whilst it was four

here await the orders of Siraj-ud-daula as to their future fate. The soldiers were to lay down their arms, and be prisoners to the Nawab. This amicable arrangement was entirely due to M. Courtin's good offices, and he was much congratulated on the tact he had shown in preventing the Nawab from usi

behaved with the

n refuge at their Fa

rywhere to us on thi

o merit the gratef

nati

last Mr. Becher and his companions sailed in a sloop provided by M. Courtin for Fulta, where they arrived safely on the 26th of August. When Calcutta had been recaptured by the Engli

rs might at any moment be instructed to take vengeance on Englishmen found defenceless up country. On the 23rd of March, Messrs. Sumner and Waller wrote from Dacca that Jusserat Khan had refused to restore the Factory cannon, and to pass their goods without a new parwana[125] from Murshidabad. It was therefore still very doubtful whether he would assist the English or the French at Dacca, and though

nch Factories in Bengal are now to be found, and I had despaired of obtaining any information about the expulsion from Dacca, when, in the Bibliothèque Nationale at Paris, I came on a MS. entitled, "Copy of a letter from

bles. As was natural, but inconveniently enough for us, Courtin does not think it necessary to trouble her with unintelligible and unpronounceable Indian names.

[128] Apri

eached thee in Fr

ch was taken from

1757, after eleve

nd expecting eve

rom his journey to

, of the chagrin an

by this deplorabl

attacking Chanderna

rom the Moors, taken

d the Moors to agre

, as thou wilt see,

had offended them t

y found themselves

were an obstacle

se I believe they

had been always so

tions in the count

rs which took place

ndernagore-officers

en refuge at Cossi

a party which opp

nglish, however, fo

nterest and in spi

ndon us, and to ma

Patna. This imprud

ut the final touch

the English masters

r coffers w

till the 22nd of J

ssible in such circ

de which the English

m in Dacca the yea

think this was so

befell Chandernag

o me all my effects

hey were worth a

he French Factory a

d would myself lea

ober. They said I sh

ar, and should

han

doubt, very good

but should I not h

d a soul so servile

e been covered wi

out doubt in those

ght it my duty

his footing when,

that the English, h

upon Murshidabad wi

ruction of a Prince

imidity and cowardi

ctions formed agai

family-a Prince d

ranny, and for a tho

lready soiled his r

twenty-five

well what was pre

eager to find some

. M. Chevalier's

not like to leave h

6th or 17th. I had

with a parwana, or

lowing me to go wh

M. Law to him, but

t rejoin him in tim

f his enemies. I was

save him if that w

oose a route by whic

le, he should have

English, and the tre

22nd of June wh

MM. Chevalier, Brayer

ho commanded at Pa

ustine Father, Chap

s, of whom several

unners, 4 or 5 of th

peons.[130] There,

u seest me start upo

should be added my

n my cook, all of

o assist me in what

h, in fact, had resul

for my person

even or eight days

that I learned ther

e English and the

eated and forced to

al uncle,[132] had b

though likely enou

from a source so tru

tire faith. Accord

hich I had proposed

ome days more, and

er.[133] There I learn

j-ud-daula had been

and there massac

rejoined by M. Law

easily have done s

iven him and had b

onger; and that th

rds Patna to captur

ossi

real reasons why Law was unable to rejo

unction with him ha

ed to run the mos

iberty and

ts, as well as his own private property and tha

hange my route

134] appeared to me

l the arrival in the

urselves were coming

rection, but found

ose to Murshidabad

he sound of the gun

h had taken place.

s unexpected and di

we arrived safely,

e Raja of Dinajpur,

pass

Orme describes as "a Raja, who wi

te of him, threate

rther intention of

happened if he had

terwards that he

5000 infantry and

d at first suggested

ing me that by that

but I thought th

nour for me to make

pass for anything bu

rench soldier, wh

ere the brave Sinfray

ought like a hero f

t the order of Siraj

the battle lost, se

hy gentleman afterw

hich country betrayed

to the English i

lish, and had offered Clive the assistance of his forces before the battle of Plassey. It could be no treachery on his part to pick up fugitives fr

ter arrived the

s in my country. I

ordered my people t

, some said they we

time I received yo

m I should send the

. Surajah Dowlat

there is hardly anyt

n cont

journey and my

of Bengal and in si

having elapsed sin

two or three days

tention, as thou has

prevented by the m

en, who already bega

ly I accepted an o

Sahibgunj, to give m

everything I migh

a little, and near t

mmenced a fort, but

abandon it, and I en

ducted me to a mars

evated site admirab

bourhood.[138] This

consent I again s

de that in less tha

form, and visibly

efforts I made to

bastion at each a

uperb trees with ver

ted the mast of my

ions had four embras

marsh, and a littl

te led to the open

ed for musketry, and

f bamboo, and finishe

. An excellent

e way, and, being si

s quite safe fr

workmen of all k

specially as the car

I was not without

Swedish guns, whic

rvation.[139] Also b

ing gunpowder, I v

ight of very

remained to com

'Bourgogne,' excep

ready furnished wit

shing, when to my m

n that our forces, w

eady to enter the Ga

the arrival of a ver

n the 8th September

e province of that

named Hazir Ali Kha

t once wrote to me to

English and Jafa

s made me stop e

ly to getting my boa

d entered the marsh

up. I succeeded in

itches which I cut

han a month and con

gues from the great

troop was attacke

ce such as I had sc

ers, of whom three

y replaced some da

e.[143] Poor M. Bra

lmost the whole c

especially the for

st have died. As

me from the pestile

f a fall in my bajaro

boatmen. I narrow

bs an

Fort Bourgogne I

ften played there a

guey Raja,' or 'King

as arbiter amongst

who sent me ambass

nd the respect th

g of Tibet did not

nearly eight hund

whole days, and who

table to their ra

a which I wished to

he European name.

ted of five horses,

of china, pieces of g

he Bhutiyas, or peop

robust as those of

he latter, they eat

the Tartars, from who

rds, and are clo

gh, but which look

mplexion of those

is not the same in

mountains, where al

id to be their neig

alliance and to m

very willing, but

hat not only were th

t also that they w

do not make raids up

nly in the cold weath

ent of the hot,

permanent

ign is finished, or

tinued to receive (t

rned afterwards), jo

nd to the unhealthy

r little troop, in

o embark again upo

rom which I had hith

day after my depa

cident, namely the

hich was my library

e quickly drawn ou

s ruined for the

commence my misfo

ree in the salvage

pattamar (messenge

d the troops of Jaf

h they had chased

troyed his

eard what Courtin was attempting. He immediately sent orders direct, and also through the Nawab

ossible for me to

banks and the str

boats in danger.

ry of Rungpore, whi

mined nevertheless

elf the English wou

ab or the ruler of

es about me, as I w

I was very strict

. I was so confident

k of throwing up no

ly with hunting an

of the French forc

of January, a secre

n, Faujdar of Rung

out scouts, who re

, and that, far from

he was in fear lest

three days' journe

eceived me or did

for on the 15th o

site side of the ri

eared a body of so

0 in number, who a

ger doubted the cor

been given me. I

s troop, which was s

ed to take themselv

rom me. Next day t

fruit, and an inti

uit his country. H

k, and, according t

the strongest possi

lity. I took care n

aid above, without

n the evening I set t

ch, the mud taken

ures. I was short o

ious, and I was

enemy were trying

sides, and that th

ne or treachery. T

men, of whom a p

and harassed my p

sions. This forced

rlade, with about

t one of their litt

n, foot and horse

the camp, and dest

light. There was n

. This little advan

n of rice and other

nts. I cleared out

bitants, but I was

necessary to life.

he enemy by cannona

the river. This onl

ether beyond the re

ng away, but of star

give time for a rein

pecting to arrive.

r calibre was small

e from the balls wh

renched only on

y, early in the mor

workmen, supported b

e, to cut down a

ns, and to burn do

way. I forbade them

until some topasse

e enemy's camp, an

on both sides, that

entrenchments, to m

guns continually to

In this skirmish I

not know whether

ore than 1500 shot

he guns which th

, as we were not en

fell at my side or

to set all my peo

, to put us under

so

which Kasim Ali reported to

y to my people to

they went immediat

n both sides ther

la[146] was between

ng upon my people,

kily, three or four

into their

rom my manoeuvre,

ize the ground whi

to my expectation,

ning without my be

selves always well

had nothing to fea

m my musketry. Lik

as many prisoners

hey wanted, I saw,

ss which they had

them without risk

it wiser not to ha

old myself always

(that was the na

e of his men next d

he first condition of

is country, and as,

large and dangerous

ight leagues below m

kmen to assist in m

king treachery use

refused to accept

th hostages for his

ut with such a stro

that it was a trap

ize and massacre us

ies, he consented t

, and that all of t

quite out of the do

o this arrangement

but at 7 in th

he day I expected

n-shot quickly foll

the rezai[148] at th

ade a great noise.

eep fully dressed, so

ders in the entrenc

enemy were too mani

t to be fired with m

d my people to be

enemy kept up a c

o'clock in the eveni

for me to reply, and

ir insolence. That

ur whole loss was o

From 4 o'clock til

but at long interv

I suffered this as

rs, at the end of w

it. My firing see

expected it would.

all, several were

sed to serve me a

ma

ays passed much i

ebruary, when, on

fleet, I saw a new

uring the preceding

g their whole lengt

rything by making

range terms. I deter

me all the more

want of everythin

ch deprived me of al

engal until April

iz Ulla that I was

e same day he sent m

d to leave my ent

consented to do th

be done in security

emselves as well as

eing agreed to by

in order that he

t would be necessary

fire possible on hi

sides it should be w

as possible; that I

e me a passport, wh

nd that I should

sed. All these pr

ity, and they appear

ad already repeated

permission to give m

leased. But of what

g blind to the contin

that it might happe

march when he had

ght be, my canno

in the evening. Our

firing in earnest,

spared us, and that

pretence, finally

an envoy, who broug

id the money. He

illery the next mor

slightest apprehensi

autions, and, in fea

edish guns. At las

started, having on

I set out by land

p, at the head of w

rted by Sheikh Faiz Ulla's master, Kasim Al

u that I had sent

ad a fort and stron

tle with them....

n fighting, my peopl

but you have heard i

ins and trouble I

eing shut up in thei

lways fighting, a

ons were obliged t

d went towards the

ways ready to figh

r way but through t

ote expressly to th

sag

d out for any length of time. Accordingly he sent messengers secretly to Mr. Luke Scrafton, at Murshidabad. It was Scrafton, as I have said above, who wrote to Courtin for assistance when the Nawab of Dacca wanted to take their

rejoin

prise, at the en

were followed by a

two guns drawn b

continued my marc

eing this troop appr

ed them at the Moo

ence. Their rascalit

nt me word that I h

t march so close t

me only to preser

pecially the straggl

eived this excuse f

content with, it, se

opportunity to sur

happening to the bo

op and myself fr

eet till far on in

t disadvantageous p

at a distance of on

ops, that had follow

ttling itself. A mo

lla was on the opp

ry, that he intended

hoquova,[151] at the

he was diligently

assment was then

all sides; I was wi

most necessary ar

w only the most crue

ight to the death so

The latter appeared

the f

onsultations, we

e passage of the f

ly we should find p

osition could not be

we then found our

three hours' time w

of my Swedish gun

s our delight to fin

which we had quitte

entrenched by natu

to the right

ted provisions in

r a quarter of a lea

ndition. The enemy

retended as usual,

that they were not s

that if I commence

uld begin again. Bes

m the possibility of

tion were renewe

of which it was a

that two hostages

hat the army with it

should be sent a lo

half a league from t

igable because of

ld be supplied with

lt notice, my dear

r various reasons and

nd all hostilitie

rom Jafar All Khan

d write to come to

o send my letter open

refusal did not

war. My letters wer

wn mess

23rd, I quitted,

eachery), my new pos

ank mentioned. I

of this I could un

de by the waters,

sing this dangerous

d me. I was only t

when day broke, an

d. There was nothi

ors had engaged t

assage. However, I

er boats, firmly reso

the larger, with al

us to effect my retr

f two, which were lo

piece of work, whi

y intentions in the p

em see I was some

o the promise given,

which ought to ha

Their excuses were va

no doubt, knew t

o go to their camp

. Though his dema

o it only after muc

s parole to return

re to do. As a rul

I did not intend t

perceived, for, se

by his master's pe

d taken to set out

in good faith, and

een concocted. 'You

t. You would be ju

t you, even if you

wn people, they w

trick which you hav

inly show me le

om you.' After this

g him clos

n to the remaining

horseback to carry

n land, which was

ossed a small rive

cks with me, and n

s dark, and we wa

ing drowned with my

entirely. If we

ould have been easi

s and cartridges be

ard our drums beati

ction we cou

to march by land

to this, as I was

hest, which hardly

he boats, though wi

o as not to lose sig

xiety about the latt

all came together,

own fault, had rem

ned, and a manjhi,[

wo little ones

the territory of th

thing to do with an

Ulla and his army

h a country which,

still in no way bel

ge who remained w

tter,[153] did not a

t counselled me to

away, which I did t

my surprise when

t the enemy were pu

eague away at the

night for fear of r

ch the river was fil

y boats and of my p

till the morning,

of the fleet). I had

and the guns, and w

little fleet, when,

sket shots fired.

enemy. M. Chevalie

rtunately perceived

rought up the two g

engaged me, and gav

rowing. I had with

e mentioned before

de, and in general

fend himself. At th

In this skirmish o

nded in the ear

en route, we marc

hat on which was,

ly cavalry, which

was not the same,

of an hour the boa

and hurried tumul

e collected, I wou

oats, which the en

ly would this have b

force against 30

river which formed

so prevented the

to abandon the boat

hoped to find an a

a reply to my lett

marched till 1 o'c

assed or disquiet

Sheikh Faiz Ulla

ring the boats. We

hen we met a body of

hich begged me to

ough his town. Acc

we marched till hal

gunge (market place

lodged us in a grea

ons had caused us t

ret

tanagar. Kasim Ali describ

French had a batt

uch, beat, they run

to Oppoor" "and b

e.... Bahadur Sin

le further off, and

put us off from

French to come to him with their boats and necessaries. Kasim Ali had received orders to the same effect from Mr. Scrafton, who informed him he was sending an officer to

now coming from

ds Muxadavad, and

ed them, out of hi

ft their boats amo

travelling to Jange

sent people with al

ow hear that they h

ab's and your orders an

ave hoisted the

put on your cloaths

im Ali Khan's peo

t they refuse to go

will destroy themsel

revenues[159] and

pore people should

l themselves, it wo

fa

to Courtin

pur did not fail t

e had shown to us.

luenced him. He

er an escort of 200

to Murshidabad.

stion, but the hung

greatly, prevented

l answer till the

flection, decided n

had been conducted

rs sent to Murshida

was informed that

ach or attack me in

d and so well provi

a greater appearanc

the escort offered

e to the same Princ

of Sheikh Faiz Ull

e or to join my ene

were well founded

ja, prompted by She

ld not answer for w

ked; that his troo

those of Kasim Al

on the latter. Fina

, a grave man, who

se was to leave Di

erwise we were lo

t if I were so obsti

ere, orders had been

nd send our heads

rify us so as to rid

ht lest war should

I replied that I wa

one who attacked

within my reach, to

die on my guns wh

his was also the inte

ie thus, like brav

ignominies and indi

ed ourselves to be

l Khan. The timid

himself in the utmos

the gates of his to

contribution, and

insolence, that he

hich the Raja fou

d in this way, d

the letters I recei

with perplexity.

account. One of my p

fortunate as to o

not to trouble myse

come at once to h

or paid for my prop

I might need. The

d the Raja at the s

peace and the other

d. This put my min

t had long been a s

confusion. They pr

of my boats. I k

y had been half loo

they were brough

this; but next mor

, in my turn, I decl

other things necess

rshness to refuse, d

g destitute of every

er route they ple

anything, fear

linen, without clo

on the 1st of March

62] we set out with

to Murshidabad to

manded the ho

nce between Mr. Scrafton and

rally could not understand what

s of w

ucted by land by a

ich I gave to M.

small boats belon

had hardly r

the end of my tr

r dinner, as I was

e boatmen, wishing

off, and sent a bu

through the clavic

ly the blow was bro

ruck; still it pass

r and lodged under

the shoulder to ex

unate this wound wa

t it was so safely

of finding with one o

n, who was quite destit

ntil the ninth day aft

wound caused me much

to the Lord, in thir

healed and witho

rom our fatigue till t

concurrence and in res

ntlemen at Cossimbazar

of mine, received us wit

ment that I write to th

land I shall continue

ng that is of

st 10

e my narrative to tell

nglish, as well as all

h Faiz Ulla and his peo

h of the merchandise,

ruined for ever, unles

thing to be restored, a

sh have at length decid

o us. We are not prison

; but we are bound by c

o their security, and

even more is that the

ign have actually been

English troops, who is a

complimentar

down to Pondicherry. Clive replied on the 15th of Ju

ent sending an or

roops to restore to

this opportunity

e way in which you

d my own regard fo

n cont

ny perils and suf

ensible marks of d

this, my dear wife,

he French Company

ilitary honour, in o

on is as ready as th

ices

e, I must end thi

patch. For fear of i

cket another l

thyself regarding

tually pretty well

lity of our meeting

hee to make another

upon events, thy

pite of my tender l

be my

ar has not been do

have received some

and of which I ha

icate. If the decre

o many misfortunes

ath before I am in

have I not a right

eir influence to in

will be the widow

with all imaginabl

at that, thanks to G

thee, et

o was afterwards Conseiller au Conseil des Indes, we may be satisfied he did so; but French East India Company Records are a ho

nge for the behaviour of Lally, who, acting under instructions from the French East India Company, had shown great severity to the English in Southern India, partly because they did not think themselves strong enough to garrison Chandernagore as well as Calcutta, and feared the Moors would occupy it if they di

tter grief I have

have passed on th

by which all the b

private persons,

oli

ssionate as you a

d-were your eyes wi

stress to which thi

unhappy inhabitant

particularly if you

majority of them bey

you have resolve

ive which incites yo

ned at Cuddalore a

iticize either the

y all accounts, is

our reasons, which yo

ter to be so, pe

our generosity and

s, so universally

ke the liberty to make

are odious, and n

verb which says, to

ncels the obligatio

f this to you or you

that these house

an asylum in 1756,

ducing to the great

ir, assisted you to

ed your misfortunes

saying? Your natio

hat is just. Theref

one is sufficient t

ou have resolved to

r which, I am sure

uneasiness of min

ng, with the most

flatter myself I per

tures, whom you can

f you really, Sirs,

e of some use to y

cca, and that I ha

g that you would re

hem induce you to

countrymen. I shal

dent in my life, an

times more in

ve absolutely imp

you please, the obj

tim, if there must b

should think mysel

But as these barba

ns so civilized as o

h is to ransom and

ore, for which I wil

please, and will

y in my

ss in face of national necessities, and so far was Chandernagore desolated that, in November of the same year, we read that the Eng

rtin prepared, probably for presentation to the Directors of the French East India Company.[169] When, in January, 1761, Lally determined to capitulate, Courtin was sent to the English commander on the part of the Council. Still lat

urvived the struggle. The least we can do is to acknowledge the merits, whilst we commiserate the sufferings, of those other gallant men who strove their best to win the great prize for their own countrymen. Of the French especially it would appear that their writers have noticed only those like Dupleix, Bussy, and Lally, who commanded armies in glorious campaigns that somehow always ended t

of an Englishman s

t I would have th

all places, cases

ept

end Bengal, whilst they themselves were left by the French commanders in a state of hopeless impotence. On the other hand, owing to the English Company's insistence that military domination should be the exception and not the rule, British civilians and British soldi

te

y Portuguese

acca Council, 27th June, 1756. Madras Selec

roposals for the surrender of Pondicherry he had to t

. officia

rin was at this moment. If at Dacca, t

This is unfortunately only a copy, and the dates are so

ite of the Dutch Fact

cca town belonging to the French. One of them, popularly known as Frashdanga, is situated at the mouth of the old bed of the river which forms an island of the souther

sense of messengers

0 sepoys. From Law's "Memoir" we see that M. de Carryon took 20 men to Cossimbaz

the sister of Aliverdi Khan,

mean the mouth of th

habited by the Nepaulese, Bhutiyas, etc. His wanderings t

andernagore, was one of the fugitives who, as

mgar Khan, the general of Shah Alam. Holwe

India XI., p.

Rennell marks it more correctly a little away from t

d 3-pounders with improved methods for loading and firing, so as to be able to fire as many as ten shots in a minute. The French adopted a 4-pounder gun of this kind

r the command of Mons. Bo

ly conducted by Ukil Singh, t

variations of the name of the Nawab whom the English p

try in this way were accustomed to disguise themselves as nat

d of native

un fired from a

ditch or

India XI., p.

ering when in bed, or sometimes l

. India XL, p.

Com. Consultations,

been able to iden

A bo

ee note

India XI., p.

. India XL, p.

and is used when any one, finding himself oppresse

flag was the usual

e in India is to commit suicide by starvation or some violent means, and to lay t

n independent ruler. The sovereign owning all l

to some sort of house used for religious ceremonies, such as are

ly refers to Mr

from his en

at Dacca fell into the hands of Surajeh Dowleit, 4 gentlemen, some Chitagon (sic) fellows and about 20 peons. Courtin, on his way hither, has, by misc

force was reduct from 30 to 11 Eu

te from contains only the post

enerally wrote to French off

e other hand, when a French gentleman had the choice, he often put his elder son in the Company's service and the younger

engal Public Proceed

"Memorial" still exists, but see

s of Count La

N

lla

ty, the

ne

Gener

bdull

g

Khan K

ror, assassinated

Ga

Shah

erdi

ion of E

ter

aha

mother of S

l du Pe

Renau

ian N

ves,

ca-

ian o

eni

(Gholam

r

Annual

uhammad, Raj

m, K

ce Hal

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