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Thomas Mathius Weguelin led Seeing it as disrespectful, the expedition. He participated in Chinese objected and stopped trading with the [[Battle of MauritiusEast India Company]] 1810-12. With no credible French threat to Macau, the defence of another Portugese interestand not wishing to upset relations with China, serving as the [[Commissariat General]]British withdrew and returned to India.
==External Links==The East India Company's tea exports from Canton - up river from Macau - were economically too valuable to lose (at this time the only tea came from China). Major Thomas Mathias Weguelin<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/444/mode/2up/search/weguelin ''Dictionary Of Indian Biography''] C. E. Buckland, 1906 </ref> of the Bengal European Regiment 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]].
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TNY2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA247&lpgDeployment=PA247&dq=defend+the+Portuguese+at+Macao+against+the+French&source=bl&ots=MtXdrdLUek&sig=MkGUYPDu-RhFW5BQy9xe96kCrm0&hl=en&eiBengal Troops =qH6qS5egOYegsgPp6tThBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum*[[1st Bengal (European) Fusiliers|Bengal European Regiment]]: 200 rank and file*Volunteer Battalion: 650 Bengal flintlocks*European Artillery: 100 including eight 18-pounders, four 12-pounders, two 8 inch mortars=4&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=defend%20the%20Portuguese%20at%20Macao%20against%20the%20French&fMadras Troops =false===*[[30th Regiment of Foot|HM 30th Foot]] Macao Expedition: 2 companies
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{{War|name=Macao Expedition |dates=1809 |image= |location=[[Macao]], China |combatant1=East India Company: Bengal |combatant2=The British Ministry under "French" |result=Withdrawal |medal=| category=[[:Category:Napoleonic War|Napoleonic War]] |link1= }}==Summary==[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Minto Lord Minto ] sent the 1809 expedition with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_O'Bryen_Drury Rear Admiral Drury] to defend Portuguese colonial interests at [[Macao]] (Macau)<ref>[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 Macau 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, so the British withdrew and returned to India.
Departed: June & July 1809 from Madras and Calcutta<br>Arrived Macau: 11 September and 20th October 1809<br>Departed Macau: 23 December 1809<br>Returned to Bengal: Feb 1809<ref>[http://www.archivegoogle.orgcom/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoftbooks?id=GR2URX7SRQkC&pg=PA180&dq=thomas+M+weguelin&as_brr=1&cd=1#page/444/mode/2up/search/weguelinv=onepage&q=thomas%20M%20weguelin&f=false ''East India Military Calendar''] Dictionary Of Indian BiographyVol 1, C. E. BUCKLAND,1906p182-184</ref>
== External Links ==[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3iFuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA227&dq=Macao+Expedition+1809&as_brr=3&cd=5#v=onepage&q=Macao%20Expedition%201809&f=false Macao Expedition] Google Books==Notes== <references /> [Catagory[Category: Wars and Campaigns|Macao Expedition]][[Category:Napoleonic War|Macao Expedition]]
