Original sentence: After the English occupation of the East Indies by Stamford Raffles (which lasted from 1811 until 1816, right after the fall of the Napoleonic Empire), the Dutch endeavoured to reassert and reinforce their control over their colonial possessions
Edited sentence: A first special commissionner named H.Afer that, the Dutch endeavoured to reassert and reinforce their control over their colonial possessions.During the English occupation of the East Indies by Stamford Raffles (which lasted from 1811 until 1816, right after the fall of the Napoleonic Empire), the English made fruitless advances to the Balinese kings.In May, Raffles sent an expeditionary force to Bali under Major General Nightingale to obtain assurances of "submission".Raffles' abolition of slavery on the contrary triggered the indignation of the Rajas of Buleleng and Karangasem, who sent a military expedition against Blambagan, where they fought British Sepoys in February 1814.The English returned the East Indies to the Netherlands in 1816.van der Broek was sent to sign "concept contracts" with the Balinese kings, which the kings did not accept, but became quasi-valid in the mind of the Dutch