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{{War|name=Macau Expedition |dates=1809 |image= |location=Macau, China |combatant1=East india India Company: Bengal |combatant2=The "French" |result=Withdrawal |medal=| category=Wars and Campaigns|Macau Expedition |link1= }}

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Minto 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=falseMacau 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.

Major Thomas Mathias Weguelin <ref>Dictionary Of Indian Biography C. E. BUCKLAND,1906 [http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/444/mode/2up/search/weguelin''Dictionary Of Indian Biography''] C. E. Buckland, 1906 </ref> 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]].

East India European Regiment: 200 rank and file,

Volunteer Battalion: 650 Bengal flintlocks,

European Artillery: 100 including x8 18pounders, x4 12pounders, 2 8inch mortars,

Madras 30th Foot: 2 companies.

Departed August 1808: Bengal,

Arrived Oct 1808: Macau,

Returned Feb 1809: Bengal,<ref>East India Military Calendar Vol 1, p182-184[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>