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Capture of Mauritius and Reunion [Ile de France and Ile de Bourbon].

Catalogue reference: IOR/H/701

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IOR/H/701
Title
Capture of Mauritius and Reunion [Ile de France and Ile de Bourbon].
Date
1810-1811
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(1) pp. i-iv, Contents. (2) pp. 1-457, Enclosures in Bengal Secret Letters 25th Oct. 1810 to 29th April 1811 and letters from R. T. Farquhar, the Earl of Caledon and Lieut.-Col. Keating July 1810 to April 1811, Capture of Isle de France and Bourbon. (3) Lord Minto and the Bengal Council. pp. 1-5, 239-41, to Bombay Council 28th May 1810 to 8th March 1811; pp. 23-30, 205-18, to R. T. Farquhar 22nd Oct. 1810 to 9th Feb. 1811; pp. 37-52, to Rear-Admiral Drury 9th Oct. 1810; pp. 191-202, to Major-Gen. Abercromby 9th Feb. 1811; pp. 221-4, to Vice-Admiral Bertie 9th Feb. 1811; pp. 235-7, to Madras Council 8th March 1811; p. 425, to Lieut.-Col. Keating 27th March 1810; pp. 179-89, G.O. 7th Feb. 1810, On the conquest of the Isle de France. (4) pp. 9, 13, 15-22, 93-102, 113-4, 123-5, 369, Military and Naval Returns. (5) pp. 33-6, 61-7, 243-5, Rear-Admiral W. O. B. Drury to Lord Minto 16th Sept. 1810 to 2nd March 1811. (6) R. T. Farquhar (Governor of Isle de France and Bourbon). pp. 53-5, 135-42, 151-3, 159-70, 251-73, 288-99, 325-35, 357-67, 373, to Lord Minto 27th June to 21st July 1810; pp. 56-8, to Rear-Admiral Drury 27th Aug. 1810; pp. 153-5, to Vice-Admiral Bertie 3rd Dec. 1810; pp. 170-3, to Major-Gen. Abercromby 14th Dec. 1810; pp. 247-9, 381-3, 405-6, 433, 457, to Secret Committee, London, 24th July 1810 to 2nd April 1811; pp. 305-7, 337-8, to Lieut.-Col. Keating 26th June and 16th July 1810; pp. 409-11, 437-44, to Lord Liverpool (Secretary of State for War and the Colonial Department) 11th Oct. 1810 and 8th June 1811; pp. 449-55, to G. H. Barlow (Governor of Madras) 24th Dec. 1810; pp. 143-7, 313-22, 393-400, Proclamations (in French); p. 377, Advertisement regarding Customs. (7) pp. 69-83, 105-12, 117-22, 129-32, Major-Gen. John Abercromby to Lord Minto 7th to 19th Dec. 1810. (8) pp. 83-92, Articles of Capitulation for the Isle de France 3rd Dec. 1810. (9) Vice-Admiral A. Bertie. pp. 155-6, to R. T. Farquhar 5th Dec. 1810; pp. 175-6, to Lord Minto 12th Dec. 1810; p. 429, to Lieut.-Col. Keating 13th Oct. 1810. (10) pp. 227-33, Lord Minto's Minute 8th March 1811, Thanks to the Governments of Madras and Bombay for assistance in the Expedition. (11) Capt. Josias Rowley (H.M.S. Boadicea). pp. 275-8, Memorandum on the proper places of landing for the attacking force 27th June 1810; pp. 341-3, to R. T. Farquhar 18th July 1810. (12) Lieut.-Col. H. S. Keating (Lieut.-Governor and Commander of the forces in the Isle of Bourbon). pp. 283-6, Memorandum on the best mode of procedure in attacking Bourbon and the Isle de France 26th June 1810; pp. 345-54, to R. T. Farquhar 18th July 1810; pp. 421-2, to the Chairman of Directors 7th Dec. 1810. (13) pp. 301-3, Capitulation of the Island of Buonaparte 8th July 1810. (14) p. 309, Statement of the Revenues of the Island of Bourbon. (15) pp. 385-6, Capt. S. Pym (H.M.S. Sirius) to R. T. Farquhar 23rd July 1810. (16) pp. 389-91, Secret Proceedings of the Council at St. Denis 28th July 1810, Intelligence as to the readiness of De Caen to surrender and the state of the French troops in the Island. (17) pp. 413-6, Du Pré, Earl of Caledon (First British Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, 1806-11) to the Secret Committee, London, 9th Nov. 1810.

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Letter 2029
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English
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