07/12/2019
History of Makassar Revolt (Thai spelled as Makassan) 🇮🇩 against French forces 🇫🇷 in the Kingdom of Siam (Thailand) to the revolution of Siamese people during fallen King Phra Narai period era 🇹ðŸ‡
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• 1660 AD - Kingdom of Gowa (Makassar) is attacked by Dutch VOC companies who want to control the archipelago and its spice trade. Many residents of South Sulawesi fled because the area of ​​residence was controlled by the Dutch VOC Company
• 1664 AD - 250 refugees and Makassar merchants migrate to the kingdom of Siam (Thailand) to settle and live in the capital of Ayutthaya by the king of Siam Phra Narai
At that time a former Greek EIC British employee, Konstantinos Gerakis managed to become chief adviser to the King of Siam.
• 1686 AD - King Louis XIV sends envoys and troops to Siam to establish influence and control of France over Siam.
Phra Narai King (Ramathibodi III) is close to the French contingent which worries Siamese and Asian traders.
In that century, European 'merchants' had seized ports and kingdoms in the sea silk lanes such as Goa, Sri Lanka, Malacca, etc.
Daeng Mangalle, a Makassar prince who settled in Siam, was accused of being involved in a conspiracy to coup king Phra Narai even even though the accusation is innocent. Claude de Forbin, a French soldier who became the Governor of Bangkok, led the French troops to seize the ship and capture Makassar traders in the port.
The Makassar merchant delegation was about to deliberate with de Forbin to ask the reason for the arrest of the traders, but a dispute ensued and 6 Makassar traders who were only armed with rogue fight with 11 de Forbin troops armed with rifles. 4 Makassar people were killed while the French Captain, Beauregard was killed by Makassar merchants.
Forbin escaped the attack and summoned the reinforcements of 40 European troops, a dispute between the Makassar people at the port and the de Forbin army occurred. De Forbin's forces were forced to retreat to the Citadel, the Makassar people never retreated and burned their ships. after repelling de Forbin's troops and killing 366 of his troops, 17 Makassar survivors retreated to the forest outside the city
After de Forbin got reinforcements, the people of Makassar who were besieged in the forest were killed by de Forbin's forces.
• On September 23, 1686 AD, after the incident at the port, Deang Mangalle was invited to the Palace of the Siamese King to be forced to confess & know the coup plot, but Daeng Mangalle was determined not to know and was innocent.
Makassar village which only 200 people in Ayutthaya was surrounded by Siamese soldiers. The British Captain Coates led the attack on the Makassar village. However, Captain Coates was killed and his forces were driven back by the Makasarese.
After 3000 Siamese French reinforcements arrived, de Forbin continued to attack Makassar village. Daeng Mangalle fought fiercely and killed an English aide to the minister of Siam. The de Forbin forces, which were tens of times the size of the villagers, succeeded in reducing the resistance of the Makassar people. French influence in the Siam Palace grew stronger.
The king ordered a massive attack on the Makassar village. Finally, the Makassar principle faces the challenge of " Once the Screen Develops Backward Abstinence " to realize that there is no possibility other than fighting to death, and after realizing they will not win the battle, many of them are forced to kill his wife and children to avoid the family they were slavery and r***d.
Several times the Siamese troops had to retreat to face the resistance of the Makassar people who were very brave and determined. Even a witness of the History of the Event wrote a deep admiration for the Makassar People. They had never seen a nation as brave as the Makassar People when had been covered in blood and trampled by the Siamese and French armies, but immediately the People Makassar, which had been sprawled and covered in blood, rose up and killed two French soldiers who were nearby, and then he died slowly. "Mr. Beauregard, the French captain, when he saw that the Makassar captain was shot by several bullets and was dying, forbade his sergeant to kill him. approached the captain and seized his 'kris'. But Beauregard pulled the sheath, not the handle, and the Makassar captain who almost died still had enough strength to draw a dagger / rag and tear his stomach, " Forbin called in reinforcements of sixty Portuguese troops led by a British captain who without waiting for Forbin's order to bring his troops forward against the Makasarese.
Immediately the forty-seven Makassar people who had hitherto squatted in their way suddenly rose and by wrapping their left hands with a kind of sling they usually wrapped around their waist or head, they lunged at the Portuguese with a dagger in their hand, head bowed and with great force stabbed and tore the Portuguese apart, almost before (Forbin). Aware that they have been attacked. From there pushed towards the troops that Ied without running out of breath, even though I had a thousand more soldiers armed with spears and rifles, those terrible people attacked my army in such a way that everything stumbled. The Makassar people moved by stepping on their stomachs and killing everything they could reach, truly a terrible massacre.in Ayuthaya thirty to forty Makassarese who were already local residents were invited to the Palace for deliberation but again refused to take off their keris and other weapons before facing the king. Easily suspect the intentions of the kingdom, they also refused to be disarmed before the talks began.
Their captain, Daeng Mangalle, still pretended to be innocent and did not feel the need to ask forgiveness from the king, having previously been told about the plot but did not take part directly in it, the captain was only accused of being guilty of not telling the king. Honor prevented him from acting as a complainant and as a spy for his fellow religionists.
On the night of September 23 the king ordered several thousand of his soldiers to encircle 'Kampong Makassar' in Ayuthaya, reinforced with two Battleships, twenty-two rowing ships and sixty small ships crossing the river.
Seeing this preparation, the Makassar people understood that the attack had begun. All know there is no other possibility for them except to fight to death and many of them kill their own wives and children in order to avoid prison
The first attack failed and most of the attackers were killed.
The British captain, Coates who led the Siamese warship, after throwing fireballs to set fire to the houses, thought he had conquered all resistance and tried to land with about a dozen Englishmen and a French officer. The Makasssar people dug trenches for protection and came out to launch a counterattack. Coates was hit on the head and thrown into the water and because of the weight of his armor, he sank.
Meanwhile the French officer survived because he could swim. Reinforcements from the Makassar people came and swarmed among the bamboo trees before coming out again to pound all under the influence, Father Tachard wrote, clumps of o***m "that made them run amok and eliminate all other thoughts and desires except to kill or be killed" .
The Siamese troops once again had to retreat and wait for new help from four hundred people.
The Siamese troops numbered three thousand soldiers, which were preceded by eight hundred 'mousquetaires' (soldiers armed with guns).
Forbin explained the atmosphere of the attack and the tactics employed to move the troops forward:
"Because the area was submerged so that people were forced to walk in water half as high as a limb, the Siamese general was ordered to make a network of lattices consisting of wooden slats, each fitted with three nails as mines. ...... Makassar people as usual go forward to attack with their heads bowed and without seeing where the feet stand, then most are trapped so that they cannot go forward or backward.
Finally the battle ended at three in the afternoon with the surrender of 22 Makassar people and 33 corpses of their soldiers collected from the battlefield.
Daeng Mangalle himself was injured with five spears and after his hand was shot directly hit the Siamese minister and killed an Englishman.
For two or three days, we hunt for those who are still alive. The Siamese did not forgive their captives. Most of them were cruelly tortured: pegs were pierced through nails, hands were burned, temples were clamped with two boards, before being tied to poles to eat tigers. Tachard added that the people holding weapons in their hands were beheaded and their heads displayed in front of the commoners.
The incident in Siam really impressed the locals with the courage of the Makassar people to face thousands of soldiers with more complete weapons while the Makassar people only armed with spears and badik (Kris) during the battle 1000 of Siamese and 17 foreigners were killed.
Tachard enshrines the death of Daeng Mangalle with the Makassar soldiers in at the note. According to the priest the courage of the Makassar army made almost no sense. The priest wrote, for the rest of his life, it was the first time witnessing the courage of a man known as a Makassar warrior. At that time, a Makassar soldier who had killed seven French soldiers, finally succeeded in being paralyzed with gunfire and stabbing bayonets insistently. A French soldier kicked the head of the Makassar soldier who was facing the death throes. Suddenly the Makassar soldier rose and killed the soldier who kicked his head, then he breathed his last. "There is no other reason that makes the soldier regain his strength, other than because of maintaining self-esteem and courage (Siri 'na Pacce / Makassar people' s motto)," wrote the priest.
• In 1688 AD, Finally the Siamese people overthrew the pro-French King Phra Narai. The French fort in Bangkok was invaded by the Siamese people led by Prince Phra Phetracha. King Phara Narai, his pro-french crown princess and Prime Minister Konstantinos Gerakis were executed by the Siamese people. Phra Petracha, the prince who commanded the elephant army was made king in Siam.
France was expelled from Siam, and tightened its relations with the Qing Empire (china) and the Tokugawa Shogunate (Japan). Minimum presence of Dutch VOC traders and British EICs is permitted.
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