- I r ish ▁field ▁mar shal . ▁Appro xim ately ▁ 2 5 0 0 ▁British ▁troops ▁burn ed ▁down ▁K um asi ▁on ▁ 4 ▁February ▁ 1 8 7 4 . ▁ ▁The ▁As ante ▁king ▁ordered ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁the ▁Bas el ▁mission aries ▁as ▁they ▁were ▁no ▁longer ▁useful ▁political ▁prisoners . ▁As ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁re par ation ▁settlement , ▁the ▁van qu ished ▁As ante ▁kingdom ▁was ▁required ▁to ▁pay ▁the ▁vict or , ▁the ▁British , ▁fifty ▁thousand ▁ oun ces ▁of ▁gold . ▁▁ ▁The ▁capture ▁of ▁the ▁Protest ant ▁mission aries ▁made ▁international ▁news ▁in ▁German - spe aking ▁areas ▁of ▁Europe . ▁Marie - Jose ph ▁Bonn at ’ s ▁mag num ▁op us , ▁a ▁record ▁of ▁his ▁years ▁in ▁capt ivity ▁was ▁found ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁in ▁an ▁att ic ▁in ▁his ▁old ▁family ▁l odge ▁in ▁his ▁h omet own , ▁G ri è ges ▁in ▁the ▁French ▁department ▁of ▁Ain . ▁The ▁content ▁of ▁the ▁manuscript ▁valid ated ▁the ▁Ram sey ers ’ ▁accounts ▁of ▁their ▁capt ivity , ▁even ▁though ▁the ▁narr ative ▁was ▁written ▁from ▁two ▁pers pect ives , ▁that ▁of ▁a ▁Swiss ▁Protest ant ▁mission ary ▁and ▁a ▁Catholic ▁French ▁tr ader / pro spect or , ▁un ited ▁by ▁a ▁strong ▁belief ▁in ▁Christian ▁teaching . ▁The ▁work ▁was ▁edited ▁by ▁Albert ▁van ▁D ant zig ▁and ▁Claude - H él ène ▁Per rot ▁and ▁published ▁as ▁Marie - Jose