"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎١‎٠‎٥] (١٧٨٢/٢٤٨)

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Article 1st.
So soon as the present Capitulation is signed, a Detachment of French Troops are
to take possession of the Factory; tbo Keys are to be delivered to the Command
ing Officer; and no Person is to come in or go out without his permission, as he will
take care to prevent Disorders and Thefts.
Article 2nd.
Ail Effects of kind soever contained in the Factory are to belong to the
Besiegers, and to be delivered to the French Commissary with all Books and Papers
in PossA^on of the Besieged ; the Besiegers are to be shown the Warehouses that
tl'-y nwy place the necessary ceotinels over them ; the Artillery, Arms, Ammunition,
ronsionB, Money, Merchandize and Slaves, in general everything contained within
the ± actorj, are comprehended in this article.
Article 3rd.
The Chief, the Garrison, Factors, Writers, and all Europeans in the service of the
English East India Company, in general all the subjects of His Britannick Majesty
in the factory, are to be Prisoners of War under the following Clauses only.
Article 4th
^ Whereas Monsieur D'Estaing, Brigadier (of) Foot and formerly a Prisoner of His
Britannick Majesty, now on Board the ship Conde on his way to Europe by the way
of bnssorah, being desirous of rendering more secure the Intelligence received of an
Exchange having been made in his behalf between Governour Pigot, Esq., of Madrass
and Monsieur Lally, Lieutenant-General, it is now agreed between the Besiegers and
Besieged that Alexander Douglas, Esq., Chief of the English East India Company's
Factory at Gombroon, with William Nash, Ensign Johnston, Dymoke Lyster,
Lieutenant George Bembou, Lieutenant Kichard Evans, and Eichard Mainwaring, are
lawfully exchanged for Monsieur D'Estaing, and they are at full liberty to go where
and to what Places they please, in consequence of which Monsieur D'Estaing is under
no other Clause than what is specified in the Sixth Article.
Article 5th.
Tho the present Exchange of Prisoners is an unnecessary precaution in behalf of
Monsieur D'Estaing, yet all persons mentioned in the preceding Article are absolutely
free; but shou'd Monsieur D'Estaiug have been already exchanged, as he undoubt
edly is, in that case (for) the seven Persons already mentioned, who now e^J
their Liberty, a like number and of equal station of His most Christian 8
subjects, are to be released, whenever a Castle is made (? taken).
Article 6th.
Monsieur D'Estaing, in order to fullfil with the greatest Exactitude the Promise he
made Governoui' Pigot that he would not take arms against the English, on the
Cormandel Coast only, for the space of eighteen mouths reckoning from the 1st of
May 1759, desires it may be inserted in the present Capitulation that, notwithstand
ing he is now exchanged, yet he will keep the promise made Governour Pigot of not
taking arms against the English, on the Coast of Cormandel only for the space of
eighteen months, but he is at free Liberty in all other Places to take arms.
Article 7th.
If it is possible to agree about the repurchasing of Gombroon Factory, it will be
looked on as part of the present Capitulation, the Besiegers reserving to themselves
the Liberty nevertheless to do therewith as they may think fit, should no Agreement
be concluded with the Besieged.