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sentation that neither the Governor or the council should be considered as prisoners 
of war, during the time that the conditions of the ransom were settling. M. de la 
Bourdonnais, though he thought they should remain prisoners till the whole was 
completed, assured the deputies that the Governor and council should be at liberty, 
as soon as the articles of surrender were agreed upon. The capitulation was now 
signed by the Governor, and M. de la Bourdonnais entered the town, having al¬ 
ready published a prohibition to his troops, on pain of death, to commit the least 
act of pillage or disorder. 
Capitulation of Fort St. George , and the Town of Madras, September 21,1746. 
<4 The Fort St. George and the town of Madras, with its dependencies, shall be 
surrendered to M. de la Bourdonnais. Ail the garrison, officers, soldiers, with the 
council, and, in general, all the English which are in the fort, or the town, shall be 
prisoners of war; but all the council, civil officers, &c. with those on the military 
staff. See. shall be on their parole, with full liberty to go where they please, even to 
Europe, on condition that they shall not bear arms against France till they are 
exchanged. 
“ To facilitate to the English the ransom of their place, and to give validity to 
the acts which may take place in concluding it, the Governor and his council shall 
cease to be prisoners of war, at the moment the negociation is commenced. 
et The articles of capitulation being signed, those of the ransom of the place will 
be regulated in the most liberal manner by M. de la Bourdonnais ; and the English 
Governor, or his deputies, will deliver up to the French, without the least reserve, 
all the effects, merchandize, books of accounts, warehouses, arsenals, ships, warlike 
stores, provisions, and whatever belongs to the English East India Company, as 
well as all articles in gold and silver, furniture, and whatever other effects are con¬ 
tained in the town, the fort, and the suburbs, to whomsoever they may belong. 
“ The garrison shall be conducted to Fort St. David, as prisoners of war; and 
if the town of Madras is ransomed, the English shall have liberty to recall the gar¬ 
rison to defend it against the people of the country; for which an adequate return 
of French prisoners shall be made. 
<c The sailors shall be sent to Gondelour. The exchange shall begin with those 
which are actually at Pondicherry, and the rest shall be sent into England; but 
