 Complete the following phrase:  The French seized Malta from the Knights of St. John in 1798. The French troops left in Malta, under the command of General Claude-Henri Belgrand de Vaubois, immediately became unpopular. They frequently looted the churches of Malta, which led to Vitale hiding the treasures of the Church of Saint Joseph Rabat in his house. When the French attempted to loot damask and silver from a convent in Mdina, through Vitales efforts, an angry mob amassed in order to prevent the French from doing so. The protests soon became an 