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SCG-C.747.040
12-19 Oct 1747:21 (705)
That on the 30th of October, M. Paradis, who commands at
Madrass, publish'd by beat of drum, all treaties of ransom
and capitulations made with M. de la Bourdonnais, to be
void, and required all the English to quit Madrass, the
Mount and Enore, in two days; in consequence of which,
notwithstanding the inclemency of the season, all the
gentlemen of the council and the rest of the English
inhabitants, dispersed themselves to different parts, except
the Governor and Mr. Monson, who were both send prisoners to
Pondicherry.
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Not withstanding which the French thought proper to make
an attempt upon Fort St. David, of which the deputy governor
and council, in a letter dated the 13th of December, to
Bombay writes as follow
On the 8th instant we had notice by our spies, that the
enemy's whole garrison, consisting of about 1000 regular
troops, 200 trained peons, and abundance of others, set out
from Pondicherry that day with cannon, mortars, &c. that
evening they arrived within a mile of our bound hedge, to
which place we detached 1600 of our Black Military, with
orders to attack them immediately, and to harrass them as
much as possible all night, which they did, and at day-break
began a regular engagement; the enemy having cannon, forced
their way quite to the Garden-house, where the Moors camp
advancing upon them, and we ordering a party of 100 men,
which was all we could spare, to sally out, they were afraid
of being surrounded, and began to retreat with great
precipitation, and were pursued by the whole force above,
and lost in the rout about 200 men; we had only five or six
Black people killed, and 15 or 20 wounded, and took all
their tents, ammunition, 6 camels, 2 mortars, with their
shells, 3 or 4 drums, 2 chests of spare arms. . .
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