The Invasion of Île de France was a complicated but successful amphibious operation in the Indian Ocean, launched in November 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars. During the operation, a substantial British military force was landed by the Royal Navy at Grand Baie on Île de France.
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- The Invasion of Île de France was a complicated but successful amphibious operation in the Indian Ocean, launched in November 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars. During the operation, a substantial British military force was landed by the Royal Navy at Grand Baie on Île de France. Marching inland against weak French opposition, the British force was able to overwhelm the defenders in a series of minor engagements, culminating in the capture of the island's capital Port Napoleon and the surrender of Charles Decaen, the French governor. The surrender eliminated the last French territory in the Indian Ocean and among the military equipment captured were five French Navy frigates and 209 heavy cannon. Île de France was retained by Britain at the end of the war under the name of Mauritius and remained part of the British Empire until 1968. The operation was the culmination of two years of conflict over the island and the neighbouring Île Bourbon between frigate squadrons commanded by Josias Rowley and Jacques Hamelin. Hamelin repeatedly raided British trade convoys and Rowley responded with amphibious assaults on French harbours, but neither had gained ascendancy by the time Rowley sent most of his force to attack the port of Grand Port on Île de France in August 1810. At the ensuing battle the British squadron was destroyed and Hamelin began to blockade Rowley on Île Bourbon. As British reinforcements were urgently despatched, several actions were fought between recently arrived British ships and the more numerous French forces. At the last of these on 18 September 1810, Hamelin was defeated and captured by Rowley. This allowed Rowley to build his forces over the next two months until they were sufficient for a successful invasion, which was led by the recently arrived Admiral Albemarle Bertie.
- La prise de l'île de France est le nom d'une bataille qui se conclut par la perte de l'île de France par les Français au profit des Britanniques à la fin de l'année 1810. Faisant suite à la prise de l'île Bonaparte quelques semaines plus tôt, cette opération longtemps repoussée permit à la Royal Navy de régner en maître sur la route des Indes et l'océan Indien pendant environ un siècle et demi. Pour lui permettre d'aboutir et ne pas connaître à nouveau la défaite, comme ce fut le cas au terme de la bataille de Grand Port, l'assaillant avait mobilisé 25 000 hommes à bord de soixante dix navires.
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- Map of Île de France, 1791. Grand Baie (G. de Bay) is at the northen tip of the island. Port Napoleon is labelled with its pre-Revolutionary name of Port Louis.
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- 28 killed, 94 wounded, 45 missing
- Île de France and all military stores captured
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- 29 November - 3 December 1810
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- 1,300 regular soldiers, 10,000 militia
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- The Invasion of Île de France was a complicated but successful amphibious operation in the Indian Ocean, launched in November 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars. During the operation, a substantial British military force was landed by the Royal Navy at Grand Baie on Île de France.
- La prise de l'île de France est le nom d'une bataille qui se conclut par la perte de l'île de France par les Français au profit des Britanniques à la fin de l'année 1810. Faisant suite à la prise de l'île Bonaparte quelques semaines plus tôt, cette opération longtemps repoussée permit à la Royal Navy de régner en maître sur la route des Indes et l'océan Indien pendant environ un siècle et demi.
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