Linois's expedition to the Indian Ocean was a commerce raiding operation launched by the French Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Counter-Admiral Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois was ordered to the
The Battle of Pulo Aura, a major engagement of the expedition
The Battle of Pulo Aura, a major failure of the expedition
Engraving of the Battle of Visakhapatnam
Contemporary engraving of the action of 13 March 1806
Battle of Pulo Aura
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The Battle of Pulo Aura was a minor naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars fought on 14 February 1804, in which a large British East India Company convoy intimidated, drove off and chased away a powe
Linois's expedition to the Indian Ocean
…of successes against individual merchant ships and the small British trading post of Bencoolen, the first military test of Linois squadron came at the Battle of Pulo Aura on 15 February 1804. Linois attacked the undefended British China Fleet, consisting of 16 valuable East Indiamen and 14 other vessels, but failed to…
An illustration of the China Fleet during the battle by Francis Sartorius the Younger after a drawing by an officer onboard Henry Addington
1805 portrait of Dance made after his victory