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[[Category:Battles|Réunion Island, Battle of]]
[[Category:Mascarene Islands 1809-10|Réunion Island, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Napoleonic War|Napoleonic War]]
|partof=[[:Category:Mauritius Campaign|Mauritius Campaign]]
|date= September 1809
|date= 21 September 1809
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Réunion Réunion]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascarene_Islands Mascarene Islands], Indian Ocean
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Réunion Réunion]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascarene_Islands Mascarene Islands], Indian Ocean
|presidency= [[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]]
|presidency= [[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]]
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|combatant1=British Naval Expedition
|combatant1=British Naval Expedition
|combatant2=French  
|combatant2=French  
|commander1=Lieut Col Henry Keating  
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sheehy_Keating Lieut Col Henry Keating]
|commander2=Col St Suzanne  
|commander2=Col St Suzanne  
|strength1=  
|strength1=  
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}}
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'''Réunion Island also known as Bourbon and Île Bonaparte.'''
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Île_Bonaparte Réunion] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GMxLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA157&dq=Colonel+St.+Suzanne+1809&ei=VrqdSO_RHKG2jgHN0cX6BA#PPA156,M1 Capture of Réunion] Google Books<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/290/mode/2up  Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Expedition to St Paul, Ile de Bourbon] archive.org


== External Links ==
[[Category:Battles|Reunion Island, Battle of]]
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GMxLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA157&dq=Colonel+St.+Suzanne+1809&ei=VrqdSO_RHKG2jgHN0cX6BA#PPA156,M1 Google Books - Capture of Réunion]
[[Category:Mauritius Campaign|Réunion Island, Battle of]]

Latest revision as of 16:54, 27 May 2015

Battle of Réunion Island
Part of Mauritius Campaign
Date: 21 September 1809
Location: Réunion
Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 21.015781°S 55.550907°E
Result: French capitulation
Combatants
British Naval Expedition French
Commanders
Lieut Col Henry Keating Col St Suzanne
Strength
Casualties

Réunion Island also known as Bourbon and Île Bonaparte.

External Links

Réunion Wikipedia
Capture of Réunion Google Books
Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Expedition to St Paul, Ile de Bourbon archive.org