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The British Ministry under Lord Minto sent the 1809 expedition to defend Portuguese colonial interests at [[Macao]] (Macau), against the French after Napoleon occupied Portugal. Seeing it as disrespectful, the Chinese objected and stopped trading with the East India Company, so the British withdrew and returned to India.  
The British Ministry under Lord Minto sent the 1809 expedition to defend Portuguese colonial interests at [[Macao]] (Macau)<ref>Macau Expedition,[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]</ref>, against the French after Napoleon occupied Portugal. Seeing it as disrespectful, the Chinese objected and stopped trading with the East India Company, so the British withdrew and returned to India.  


Thomas Mathius Weguelin led the expedition. He participated in the [[Battle of Mauritius]] 1810-12, the defence of another Portugese interest, serving as the [[Commissariat General]].   
Thomas Mathius Weguelin <ref>Dictionary Of Indian Biography [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/444/mode/2up/search/weguelin] Dictionary Of Indian Biography,  C. E. BUCKLAND,1906</ref> led the expedition. He participated in the [[Battle of Mauritius]] 1810-12, the defence of another Portugese interest, serving as the [[Commissariat General]].   


==External Links==


[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] Macao Expedition


[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/444/mode/2up/search/weguelin] Dictionary Of Indian Biography,  C. E. BUCKLAND,1906
==Notes==


[[Catagory: Wars and Campaigns]]
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[[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Macau Expedition]]

Revision as of 22:17, 24 March 2010

The British Ministry under Lord Minto sent the 1809 expedition 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, so the British withdrew and returned to India.

Thomas Mathius Weguelin [2] led the expedition. He participated in the Battle of Mauritius 1810-12, the defence of another Portugese interest, serving as the Commissariat General.


Notes

  1. Macau Expedition,[1]
  2. Dictionary Of Indian Biography [2] Dictionary Of Indian Biography, C. E. BUCKLAND,1906