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are given.* On 11th September Commander Govart Knol, 

 with the brigade of Bintang, de Bevere, and van der Horst, set 

 out against the enemy, accompanied by Valentyn,f who in 

 the following pages gives minute details of the expedition, de 

 Bevere's name often appearing, J especially in connection 

 with his unfortunate defeat and his subsequent courageous 

 behaviour at the capture of Bangel on 16th October (both of 

 which events have been referred to by Mr. van Houten above). 

 From Valentyn's statements it would appear that de Bevere's 

 conduct in attempting to justify his behaviour in connection 

 with the former affair was not very straightforward.§ How- 

 ever, he seems to have succeeded ultimately in clearing him- 

 self, for, in detailing the events that took place in Java in 

 1708, Valentyn|| says : — 



In the meanwhile the trial of the affair of de Bevere at Batavia 

 was finished, he, in consequence of his defence, acquitted, and 

 not long afterwards sent as captain to Ceylon, where he remained 

 some years, but in the end, having come back from an expedition 

 to the emperor of Candi, was again at loggerheads, as we shall 

 see more fully under the affairs of Ceylon. 



When Valentyn came to describe the affairs of Ceylon he 

 seems to have forgotten his promise, or to have changed his 

 mind ; for he does not even mention de Bevere, nor does he 

 say anything regarding the expedition which had such an un- 

 pleasant result for the captain. That the latter left Java for 

 Ceylon towards the end of 1708 seems probable, though Valen- 

 tyn does not give the date ; and it is possible that he went in 

 one of the ships that sailed from Batavia in October conveying 

 to Ceylon as a state prisoner the Pangerang Depati Anom, with 

 his three sons, nineteen wives, and suite of fifty-two men,^[ 



While in Ceylon Captain de Bevere was in command of the 

 militia in Colombo.** It was at this time that (as mentioned 

 by Mr. van Houten above) he formed the liaison, the fruit of 



* Ibid. 169. 

 t Ibid. 170. 



t See 172, 174, 178, 179, 181, 182, 186, 187. 



§ See 181, 192, 193, 197. 



|| Loc. cit. 200. 



If Val. loc. cit. 203. 



** So Mr. F. H. de Vos informs me, without giving his authority. 



