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
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
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Réunion is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France within the African region. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately 679 kilometres east o
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 Bonaparte. Lasting from the spring of 1809 to the spring of 1811, the campaign saw the British and French navies deploy substantial frigate squadrons to either…
An 1816 ten-centime coin from Réunion, from when it was still called Isle Bourbon
Statue of Mahé de La Bourdonnais in Saint-Denis
Hindu festival, 19th century
Palais de la Source, seat of the Departmental Council of Réunion