Four large French frigates under the command…

November 1808 CE

Four large French frigates under the command of Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, including the Venus, are sent on November 12, 1808, to operate from île de France (Mauritius) against British trade in the Indian Ocean, triggering the Mauritius campaign of 1809–11.

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Port Louis Mauritius View →

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Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen View → Napoleon View →

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Mauritius, French View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → France, (first) Empire of View →

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Colonization of Asia, French View → Sub-Saharan Africa, Modern View → Napoleonic Wars View →

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Commerce View → Watercraft View → Conflict View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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