Rodrigues

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Was a British possession since 1809, when the British expelled the French from the island.

Establishment

January 1810: In 1809, after a brief battle with the French, British troops took possession of Rodrigues.

July 1810: The island of Ile Bonaparte was invaded by a Royal Navy squadron led by Commodore Josias Rowley in 1810, who used the old name of "Bourbon".

Chronology

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1. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

1.1.French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars - Theatre of war in the overseas colonies

The theatre of war in the overseas colonies during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

January 1816: Ile Bourbon was restored to France by the Congress of Vienna in 1815.

1.2.Mauritius campaign of 1809-1811

Was a series of British amphibious operations and naval actions fought to take possession of the French Indian Ocean territories of Isle de France and Île Bonaparte during the Napoleonic Wars.

1.2.1.Invasion of Île Bonaparte

British invasion of Île Bonaparte (today called Réunion).