What the records say
- When
- 18 Nov 1809
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 6.50° N, 92.75° E
- Description
- 1809 naval engagement of the Napoleonic wars
- Naval
- yes
Action of 18 November 1809
1809 battle of the Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811
The action of 18 November 1809 was the major engagement of a six-month cruise in the Indian Ocean by a French navy squadron during the Napoleonic Wars. Under Commodore Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, the squadron engaged in commerce raiding across the Bay of Bengal. Hamelin's squadron achieved local superiority, capturing several British merchant ships and destroying a factory of the East India Company (EIC).
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