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{{War|name=Macau Expedition |dates=1809 |image= |location=Macau, China |combatant1=East india Company: Calcutta Troops |combatant2=the The "French" |result=Withdrawal |medal=| category=Wars and Campaigns|Macau Expedition |link1= }}
==Summary==
[[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=false]</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.
Lieut. Col Thomas Mathius 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. He participated in the [[Battle of Mauritius]] 1810-12 - the defence of another Portugese interest, serving as the [[Commissariat General]].
