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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=
}}
'''Also known as Île de France'''
== 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''
*[[12th Regiment of Foot|HM 12th Regiment]]
*[[22nd Regiment of Foot|HM 22nd Regiment]]
*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)
*One Coy [[87th Regiment of Foot|HM 87th Regiment]]
*Left wing [[40th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry|Madras Volunteer Battalion]]<br>
'''Third Brigade'''<br>
''Lt-Col Kelso''
*[[14th Regiment of Foot|HM 14th Regiment]]
*2nd Bengal Volunteers<br>
'''Fourth Brigade'''<br>
''Lt-Col McLeod, 69th Foot''
*[[69th Regiment of Foot|HM 69th Regiment]]
*Royal Marines (300)
*Flank Coy [[66th Punjab Regiment|6th Madras Native Infantry]]
*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]]
*1st Bengal Volunteers<br>
'''Reserve Brigade'''<br>
''Lt-Col Keating, 65th Foot''
*Flank Coy [[12th Regiment of Foot|HM 12th Regiment]]
*Flank Coy [[33rd Regiment of Foot|HM 33rd Regiment]]
*[[84th Regiment of Foot|HM 84th Regiment]]
*Detachment of Bombay Native Infantry under Capt Melach
== 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 - Capture Expedition to Mauritius 1810] archive.org [[Category:Battles|Mauritius, Battle of ]][[Category:Mauritius Campaign|Mauritius, Battle of]]
