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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GMxLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA157&dq=Abercrombie&ei=VrqdSO_RHKG2jgHN0cX6BA#PPA157,M1 Capture of Mauritius] Google Books<br> | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GMxLAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA157&dq=Abercrombie&ei=VrqdSO_RHKG2jgHN0cX6BA#PPA157,M1 Capture of Mauritius] Google Books<br> | ||
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/296/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI -Expedition to Mauritius 1810] archive.org | [http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/296/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI -Expedition to Mauritius 1810] archive.org | ||
[[Category:Battles|Mauritius, Battle of]] | [[Category:Battles|Mauritius, Battle of]] | ||
[[Category:Mauritius Campaign|Mauritius, Battle of]] | [[Category:Mauritius Campaign|Mauritius, Battle of]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:52, 27 May 2015
| Battle of Mauritius | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of Napoleonic War | ||
| Date: | 29 November 1810 | |
| Location: | Mauritius Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean | |
| Presidency: | Madras | |
| Co-ordinates: | 20.348404°S 57.552152°E | |
| Result: | French capitulation | |
| Combatants | ||
| British Naval Expedition | French | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj Gen John Abercromby Vice-Admiral Sir Albemarle Bertie Vice-Admiral William O'Bryen Drury |
General Charles Decaen | |
| Strength | ||
| 1,300 regular troops 10,000 militia | ||
| Casualties | ||
| 28 killed 94 wounded 45 missing |
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Also known as Île de France
Expedition Force
Maj Gen John Abercrombie commanding
First Brigade
Lt-Col Picton, 12th Foot
Second Brigade
Lt-Col Samuel Gibbs, 59th Foot
- HM 59th Regiment
- HM 89th Regiment (300)
- One Coy HM 87th Regiment
- Left wing Madras Volunteer Battalion
Third Brigade
Lt-Col Kelso
- HM 14th Regiment
- 2nd Bengal Volunteers
Fourth Brigade
Lt-Col McLeod, 69th Foot
- HM 69th Regiment
- Royal Marines (300)
- Flank Coy 6th Madras Native Infantry
- Flank Coy 12th Madras Native Infantry
Fifth Brigade
Lt-Col Lionel Smith, 65th Foot
- One troop HM 25th Dragoons
- HM 65th Regiment
- 1st Bengal Volunteers
Reserve Brigade
Lt-Col Keating, 65th Foot
- Flank Coy HM 12th Regiment
- Flank Coy HM 33rd Regiment
- HM 84th Regiment
- Detachment of Bombay Native Infantry under Capt Melach
External Links
Capture of Mauritius Google Books
Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI -Expedition to Mauritius 1810 archive.org