In a extra ordinary letter from St. Denis at the French island Bourbon dated 17 December 1841 was reported that the corvette l'Egiere was to depart that day to Sumatra and to act against some villages in the kingdom of Achem (in Dutch called Atjeh) which harassed French merchant ships. From there she was destined towards Calcutta to stay for 2 months on the Ganges and to return via Madras, Pondicherry and Trincomale to Bourbon. The brig le Lancier was to depart within short time from Bourbon towards France together with the Portuguese brig Pocha that was captured in the channel of Mozambique by a French warship accused of piracy. When she was captured 200 slaves were found on board to be sold at Havana. In the past she was a French ship, captured of St. Juan de Ulloa but later sold at Havana. Her master deceived Arabians and other Africans in the slave trade and plundered a North American whaler. When the French captured her there were 65 well-armed sailors on board. She was an excellent sailing ship.
There is something strange in this news item. Achim of Atjeh was part of the Dutch East Indies so it seems rare that a foreign warship was allowed to act in the Dutch colony.
There is something strange in this news item. Achim of Atjeh was part of the Dutch East Indies so it seems rare that a foreign warship was allowed to act in the Dutch colony.
