192 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1S12. 



With this answer Brigadier Win- 

 klenian returned, accepting the 

 armistice proposed. 



I was perfectly aware of the ge- 

 neral sentiments of Rear-Admiral 

 Stopford, regarding the object on 

 which our joint services were em- 

 ployed, from the unreserved com- 

 munication I had held with him. 

 He had sailed for Sourabaya with 

 the declared intention of attacking 

 Fort Louis, and of returning to his 

 station when theservice wasaccom- 

 plished ; and he was most anxious 

 for its speedy termination, as he 

 had informed me, he did not think 

 ships would be safe on the northern 

 coasts of Java after the -l-th of 

 October, unless Sourabaya was in 

 our possession. 



All these considerations were 

 strong in my mind against the 

 delay of a reference to him ; and 

 confident that the important object 

 of obtaining for Great Britain an 

 immediate surrender of the island 

 ought not to be impeded or delayed 

 by any point merely of form, I 

 did not hesitate to act individually, 

 and on my sole responsibility, for 

 the interests of the state. I had 

 also cause to fear, if the favourable 

 moment was allowed to pass, that 

 the allies of the enemy might re- 

 cover from their panic, that Gen. 

 Jansens might learn the small 

 amount of our force, that he might 

 again collect his troops and retire 

 on Solo, where, profiting by the 

 period of approaching rains, he 

 might prolong the contest ; and 

 though I could not doubt its 

 ultimate success, a wrr in the inte- 

 rior would have embarrassed our 

 arrangements, and have involved 

 the affairs of the colony in inex- 

 tricable confusion. 



On the forenoon of the 17th of 



September, the Commander de 

 Kock, brigadier and chief of the 

 staff of the French army on Java, 

 arrived at Oonarang, with powers 

 from General Jansens to treat of a 

 capitulation, which I authorized 

 Col. Agnew, the adjutant-general 

 of the forces, to discuss with him 

 on my part : the result was, the 

 signature by them of the articles I 

 have the honour ta inclose, No. 1, 

 with which General de Kock re- 

 turned in the afternoon to obtain 

 General Jansens' approval. 



At three o'clock in the morning 

 on the 18th, Brigadier Winkleman 

 arrived at my quarters from Gen. 

 Jansens, who declined to sign the 

 articles which had been agreed 

 upon, adverting particularly to 

 those which concerned the debts of 

 the government to individuals. He 

 requested that I would meet the 

 general half-way, or stated that he 

 would, if preferred, come to my 

 quarters at Oonarang, for the pur- 

 pose of discussion or explanation of 

 those articles. 



As the situation in which it is 

 evident he stood deprived him of 

 all claim to those terms of capitu- 

 lation which had he profited by 

 the former invitations made while 

 he still possessed the means of de- 

 fence, he might perhaps have ob- 

 tained, and as my situation with a 

 force unequal to prosecute opera- 

 tions further in the interior would 

 not admit of delay, I assumed a firm 

 tone ; and desiring Gen. Winkle- 

 man to be informed that personal 

 respect for the character of Gen. 

 Jansens had alone induced me to 

 grant any terms to his army, an- 

 nounced to him that the armistice 

 would cease at the appointed hour, 

 and the troops noarch forward at 

 the same time. 



Colonel 



