Opération militaire

Invasion of Martinique of 1809

30 janv. 1809 – 24 févr. 1809 · 14.65° N, 61.02° W

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30 janv. 1809 – 24 févr. 1809
Type
Opération militaire
Coordonnées
14.65° N, 61.02° W
Description
conflict

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Invasion of Martinique (1809)

1809 invasion of the Caribbean campaign of 1803–1810

The British invaded and captured the French colony of Martinique between 30 January and 24 February 1809 during the West Indies campaign of 1804–1810 of the Napoleonic Wars. Martinique, like the nearby island of Guadeloupe, was a major threat to Britain's trade in the West Indies, providing a sheltered base from which privateers and French Navy warships could raid British merchant shipping and disrupt the trade route…

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