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{{War|name=Mauritius Campaign|dates=1809 |image= ‎|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_India South India] and [[Ceylon]Mascarene_Islands Mascarene Islands], Indian Ocean|combatant1=British Navy and the [[East India Company]] |combatant2=[[French and Dutch ]] |result=British increased influence occupation |medal=[http://www.medals.org.uk/united-kingdom/united-kingdom244.htm Capture of Rodrigues, Bourbon and Île de France 1809-10]|category=[[:Category:East Indies Mauritius Campaign|East Indies Mauritius Campaign]] }}

This conflict was part of the American Revolutionary War and Napoleonic Wars. The French fleet based in Mauritius disrupted the East India Company trade in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch Warindian Ocean. The [[British gradually reduced the French]] and [[Dutch]] sided with presence by occupying the Americans Islands of Mauritius, Réunion and the British acted against their South Asian colonial possessionsRodriguez.

[http://home.wxs.nl/~pdavis/Mauritius.htm Naval Actions at Rodriguez, Réunion and Mauritius] Peter Davis website<br>[http://www.medals.org.uk/united-kingdom/united-kingdom244.htm Campaign Medal] www.medals.org.uk

[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/276286/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Military Operations in CeylonMauritius and Bourbon or Reunion] archive.org

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