Battle of Port Louis
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The Battle of Port Louis was a minor naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought on 11 December 1799 at the mouth of the Tombeau River near Port Louis on the French Indian Ocean island o
Painting of the battle by Auguste Étienne François Mayer
Jean-Marthe-Adrien l'Hermite, the French commander at the battle
1864 painting of the battle in Algoa Bay
Aquatint of the destruction of Preneuse
Battle of Mahé
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The Battle of Mahé was a naval engagement of the East Indies theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought on 19 August 1801 in the harbor of Mahé in the Seychelles, a French colony in the Indian O
Battle of Port Louis
…trade routes. The only subsequent reinforcement to arrive in the region during the war was the frigate Chiffonne was intercepted and captured at the Battle of Mahé shortly after arrival in 1801, although substantial reinforcements did reach Île de France before the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars in 1803. L'Hermite…
Capture of La Chiffonne, Augt 19th 1801 Thomas Whitcombe, 1816
Charles Adam