Guy-Victor Duperré
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Admiral of France Guy-Victor Duperré was a French Navy officer. He is known for commanding French naval forces in the Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811 and was victorious in the Battle of Grand Port, wh
Portrait by Joseph-Désiré Court, 1832
1855 portrait of Duperré by Claudius Jacquand
Statue of Duperré in La Rochelle
Adu C 225 Mortier
The Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811 was a minor military campaign of the Napoleonic Wars fought between British and French forces over France's Indian Ocean colonies of Isle de France and Isle Bonapar
Guy-Victor Duperré
…of France Guy-Victor Duperré (20 February 1775 – 2 November 1846) was a French Navy officer. He is known for commanding French naval forces in the Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811 and was victorious in the Battle of Grand Port, where he was wounded. Later he had a command in the Mediterranean and continued to serve during and…
The British invasion of Isle de France in 1810
Jacques Hamelin 1837 by Antoine Maurin
Combat de Grand Port by Pierre Julien Gilbert
Isle de France, 1791