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[http://home.wxs.nl/~pdavis/Mauritius.htm Naval Actions at Rodriguez, Réunion and Mauritius] Peter Davis website<br>
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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Napoleonic War|Napoleonic War]]
|date= 29 November1810November 1810
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritius Mauritius]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascarene_Islands Mascarene Islands], Indian Ocean
|presidency= [[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]]
|combatant1=British Naval Expedition
|combatant2=French
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Abercromby_(British_Army_officer) Maj Gen John AbercrombieAbercromby]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101002272/ Vice-Admiral Sir Albemarle Bertie]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_O'Bryen_Drury Vice-Admiral William O'Bryen Drury ] |commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Mathieu_Isidore_Decaen General de CaenCharles Decaen]
|strength1=
|strength2= 1,300 regular troops<br>10,000 militia|casualties1= 28 killed<br>94 wounded<br>45 missing
|casualties2=
}}
== Expedition Force ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/2/mode/2up Maj Gen John Abercrombie] commanding<br>
'''First Brigade'''<br>
''Lt-Col Picton, 12th Foot''
*Right wing [[40th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry|Madras Volunteer Battalion]]<br>
'''Second Brigade'''<br>
''[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/164/mode/1up Lt-Col Samuel Gibbs], 59th Foot''
*[[59th Regiment of Foot|HM 59th Regiment]]
*[[89th Regiment of Foot|HM 89th Regiment]] (300)
*Flank Coy [[84th Punjab Regiment|12th Madras Native Infantry]]<br>
'''Fifth Brigade'''<br>
''[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/394/mode/2up Lt-Col Lionel Smith], 65th Foot''
*One troop [[25th Light Dragoons|HM 25th Dragoons]]
*[[65th Regiment of Foot|HM 65th Regiment]]
== 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://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:Mauritius Campaign|Mauritius, Battle of]]
