STC217063 View from the Deck of the Upton Castle Transport, of the British Army Landing, 29th November 1810, from \'Sixteen Views of Places in the Persian Gulph, taken in the Years 1809-10 illustrative of the Proceedings of the Forces employ\'d on the expedition sent from Bombay\', engraved by I. Clark, published 1813 (aquatint) by Temple, R. (fl.1809-10) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mauritius; A few months after the Battle of Grand-Port, the British assembled a larger expeditionary force on the island of Rodrigues - 350 miles to the east of Mauritius. They then set sail in six vessels under Albemarle Bertie and landed on the 29th November 1810 in the north of the island. Some ten thousand men under Sir John Abercromby set foot near Cap Malheureux and at once began to march against Port Louis. After a few sporadic attacks, the French troops retreated into Port Louis. Two thousand more British troops landed at Petite Rivi癡re, on the west, on the fourth day, and prepared to attack Port Louis from the south. The French defences were overcome and on the 3rd December 1810 the French capitulation was signed. So ended ninety years of French occupation; #119; ); The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright.