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🚢 1810 - The British seize the French islands of Réunion and Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.
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Further Reading
Invasion of Isle de France - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
Battle of Grand Port | Summary - Britannica (britannica.com)
The Capture of Mauritius in 1810 - Royal Navy (pdavis.nl)
The Mauritius Campaign by Bruce A. Trinque (cannonade.net)
History of Mauritius - The Naval Battle of Grand Port, 1810 (mauritius-holidays-discovery.com)
Battle for a tropical Island - The British invasion of Mauritius, 1810 (youtube.com)
The Dodo Isle - Sea|mester (seamester.com)
The taking of the Isle of France (Mauritius), 2 December 1810 (ac.uk)
History of Mauritius (mauritiusnow.com)