SIR THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLFS. 69 



Daendels advanced towards the capital with a con- 

 siderable force ; but a negociation having been 

 opened, a treaty was entered into, by which the 

 reigning Sultan (Amang Kubuana II.) consented 

 to surrender the administration of the country into 

 the hands of his son (Amang Kubuana III.) ; who 

 was appointed to exercise the same, under the title 

 of regent, and to cede certain provinces. 



The stipulations of this treaty had not been 

 carried into effect, when, in the month of August 

 1811, the British forces arrived in Java, accom- 

 panied by Lord Minto, the Governor- General of 

 India, with Mr. Raffles, acting in the capacity of 

 his Secretary. General Jansens, who had suc- 

 ceeded Marshal Daendels in the government, ex- 

 pected the invasion of the English, and was making 

 all preparations within his power to meet them. 

 But his efforts were in vain ; a short campaign of 

 three weeks, and one decisive engagement, sufficed 

 to make the invaders masters of the whole Dutch 

 possessions. The British were landed on the 16th 

 of August, and the battle of Carmelis was fought 

 by Sir Samuel Auchmuty on the 26th, which de- 

 cided the conquest of the island; although the 

 final capitulation was not signed till the 18th of 

 September, at Semarang, where General Jansens 

 had retired after his defeat. The capture of Java 

 was announced by Lord Minto, to the authorities 

 in England, in the following terms : " An empire, 

 which for two centuries has contributed greatly to 



