The Topass still managed to hang on in Oecussi, and killed the Dutch commander Hans Albrecht von Pl�skow in 1761, when he attempted to expand the Dutch sphere on Timor.
12.
In the Battle of Penfui in November 1749 the attacking Topass army was crushed by the VOC-affiliated forces of Kupang, and a large part of West Timor fell under Dutch influence.
13.
The Topass community was led by their own appointed captains, and had little contact with the Costa families, who held the titles captain-major ( capit�o mor ) or lieutenant general ( tenente general ) in turn.
14.
The capital of the governor was transferred from Lifau to Dili in 1769, because of the frequent attacks from the Topass leader Francisco Hornay III . Most of West Timor was left to Dutch forces, who were conquering what is today Indonesia.
