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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.
Pure water is always available from the well at Bukit Cina, just outside Malacca's wall and the well contributed to the health of the European inhabitants. The French visitor said.