What the records say
- When
- 3 Jul 1810
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 12.20° S, 44.25° E
- Description
- 1810 minor naval engagement during the Napoleonic Wars
- Naval
- yes
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Action of 3 July 1810
1810 battle of the Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811
The action of 3 July 1810 was a minor naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars, in which a French frigate squadron under Guy-Victor Duperré attacked and defeated a convoy of three British East Indiamen near the Comoro Islands. Both sides suffered 20 or more sailors killed before two East Indiamen surrendered.
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