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The | {{War|name=Macao Expedition |dates=1809 |image= |location=[[Macao]], China |combatant1=East India Company: Bengal |combatant2=The "French" |result=Withdrawal |medal=| category=[[:Category:Napoleonic War|Napoleonic War]] |link1= }} | ||
==Summary== | |||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Minto Lord Minto] sent the 1809 expedition with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_O'Bryen_Drury Rear Admiral Drury] to defend Portuguese colonial interests at [[Macao]] (Macau)<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TNY2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA247&lpg=PA247&dq=defend+the+Portuguese+at+Macao+against+the+French&source=bl&ots=MtXdrdLUek&sig=MkGUYPDu-RhFW5BQy9xe96kCrm0&hl=en&ei=qH6qS5egOYegsgPp6tThBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=defend%20the%20Portuguese%20at%20Macao%20against%20the%20French&f=false Macau Expedition] in ''The History of India'' Vol 2, John Clark Marshman (1867)</ref> against the French after Napoleon occupied Portugal. | |||
Seeing it as disrespectful, the Chinese objected and stopped trading with the [[East India Company]]. With no credible French threat to Macau, and not wishing to upset relations with China, the British withdrew and returned to India. | |||
The East India Company's tea exports from Canton - up river from Macau - were economically too valuable to lose (at this time the only tea came from China). | |||
Major Thomas Mathias Weguelin<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/444/mode/2up/search/weguelin ''Dictionary Of Indian Biography''] C. E. Buckland, 1906 </ref> of the Bengal European Regiment led the expedition, a local rank of Colonel was awarded to him for the expedition, to ensure rank seniority to any Portugese troops encountered. Then Colonel Weguelin, he participated in the [[Battle of Mauritius]] 1810-12 - the defence of another Portugese interest, serving as the [[Commissariat General]]. | |||
==Deployment== | |||
==== Bengal Troops ==== | |||
*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|Bengal European Regiment]]: 200 rank and file | |||
*Volunteer Battalion: 650 Bengal flintlocks | |||
*European Artillery: 100 including eight 18-pounders, four 12-pounders, two 8 inch mortars | |||
==== Madras Troops ==== | |||
*[[30th Regiment of Foot|HM 30th Foot]]: 2 companies | |||
[http://www. | Departed: June & July 1809 from Madras and Calcutta<br> | ||
Arrived Macau: 11 September and 20th October 1809<br> | |||
Departed Macau: 23 December 1809<br> | |||
Returned to Bengal: Feb 1809<ref>[http://www.google.com/books?id=GR2URX7SRQkC&pg=PA180&dq=thomas+M+weguelin&as_brr=1&cd=1#v=onepage&q=thomas%20M%20weguelin&f=false ''East India Military Calendar''] Vol 1, p182-184</ref> | |||
[[ | == External Links == | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3iFuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA227&dq=Macao+Expedition+1809&as_brr=3&cd=5#v=onepage&q=Macao%20Expedition%201809&f=false Macao Expedition] Google Books | |||
==Notes== | |||
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[[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Macao Expedition]] | |||
[[Category:Napoleonic War|Macao Expedition]] | |||
Latest revision as of 14:07, 15 June 2010
| Macao Expedition | |
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| 1809 | |
| Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns | |
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| Location: Macao, China | |
| Combatants: | |
| East India Company: Bengal | The "French" |
| Result: Withdrawal | |
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| Category: Napoleonic War | |
Summary
Lord Minto sent the 1809 expedition with Rear Admiral Drury to defend Portuguese colonial interests at Macao (Macau)[1] against the French after Napoleon occupied Portugal.
Seeing it as disrespectful, the Chinese objected and stopped trading with the East India Company. With no credible French threat to Macau, and not wishing to upset relations with China, the British withdrew and returned to India.
The East India Company's tea exports from Canton - up river from Macau - were economically too valuable to lose (at this time the only tea came from China).
Major Thomas Mathias Weguelin[2] of the Bengal European Regiment led the expedition, a local rank of Colonel was awarded to him for the expedition, to ensure rank seniority to any Portugese troops encountered. Then Colonel Weguelin, he participated in the Battle of Mauritius 1810-12 - the defence of another Portugese interest, serving as the Commissariat General.
Deployment
Bengal Troops
- Bengal European Regiment: 200 rank and file
- Volunteer Battalion: 650 Bengal flintlocks
- European Artillery: 100 including eight 18-pounders, four 12-pounders, two 8 inch mortars
Madras Troops
- HM 30th Foot: 2 companies
Departed: June & July 1809 from Madras and Calcutta
Arrived Macau: 11 September and 20th October 1809
Departed Macau: 23 December 1809
Returned to Bengal: Feb 1809[3]
External Links
Macao Expedition Google Books
Notes
- ↑ Macau Expedition in The History of India Vol 2, John Clark Marshman (1867)
- ↑ Dictionary Of Indian Biography C. E. Buckland, 1906
- ↑ East India Military Calendar Vol 1, p182-184