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 284 INDEX. Kowley, Captain, re-captures V Africaine, 141 ; and the Ceylon, 142 ; captures the Venus, 142 OT. MICHAEL, commandant, kj commands at St. Paul, in Bourbon, I'^O ; makes a gallant defence against the English, 121 ; is forced to succumb, 123 St Felix, Monsieur de, is shipped to the islands by SufFren, 55 Salvart, Monsieur Perrier de, advises Suffren to attack the English fleet, 21 Seychelles, The, difSculties of the navigation of, 85 Sirius, The, destroyed by the French, 137 Smith, Lewis Ferdinand, note regarding, 194 ; is sent to negotiate with George Thomas, 207 ; is ordered to besiege Georgegarh, 208 ; his own ac- count of the expedition, 208, 209 ; again negotiates with Thomas, 310 : list given by, of gallant English officers, 225 ; note ; reasons given bv, for the suicide of Filoze, 227, 228; description given by, of Perron's army, 229 Sombre, sketch of, 230 ; principle of military action of, 231 ; massacre at Patnu by, 232-234 ; subsequent career of, and death, 234, 235 Souillac, Yiscomte de, opinion of, of D'Orves, 9 note ; organises a force to goto India, 18 ; appoints Duchemin to command it 19 ; supports Suffren in his refusal to return to the islands, 28 Storms, curious circumstance con- nected with the law of, Gl, note Stuart, General, succeeds Sir Eyre Coote, G3; follows up the French towards Kadalur, 03 ; attacks Kadalur, ti5 ; gains an ad- vantageous position, 66 ; is hampered by the want of a bat tering train, 73 ; repulses a sortie, 74 ; is saved from almost certain desctruction by a sus- pension of arms, 74, 75 ; and 75, note Squadron, English, off the Islands, 82 ; fights a French squadron and retires, 84 Suffren, Bailli de, is appointed to command a French squadron 11 ; earlier career of, 11, 12 ; sails for the islands. 13 ; attacks tlie English fleet in Porto Praya, 15 ; changes of the position of, 16 ; draws off and pursues his voyage, 17 ; is second in com- mand to D'Orves, 18 ; is over- ruled by D'Orves, 19 ; succeeds to the command, 20 ; takes his fleet to the Madras coast, 20 ; descries the English fleet, 20 ; reasons of, for declining to attack it, 21; sails for Porto Novo, 21; flies to the rescue of his trans- ports, 22 ; engages the English fleet, 23, 24 ; indecisively, 24 possibly misses a chance, 24 again engages the English fleet, 25 ; and again indecisively, 26 takes his fleet to Batacola, 26 refuses to return to the islands, 27 ; represses the desires of his captains, 28 ; sails for the Ne- gapatam, 34 ; finds the English fleet at anchor there, 35 ; engages it, 36 ; again indecisively, 38 ; places three of his captains under arrest, 39 ; conceives de signs against Trincomali, 40 ; describes his difficulties, 41 ; pays a state visit to Haidar AH, 42 ; learns the arrival at Galle of d'Aymar's squadron, 44 ; sails for ]>atacola, 44 ; receives reinforcements, and sails for Trincomali, 45 ; captures Trin- comali, 40 ; descries the