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Side by side, both the British flag and the Dutch flag flew till December 1795 when the Dutch flag was lowered to impress old Malaccans that the British were in control. This enriched Malacca history.
When the French overran Holland in 1795, the English East India Company sent a force to Malacca led by Major Archibald Brown who handed a letter to Governor Abraham Couperus to place the settlement under British protection.