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Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy accepts the surrender of a British Royal Navy fleet at the Battle of Grand Port.
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Napoleonic Wars
1803–1815 series of wars led by Napoleon
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a global series of conflicts fought by a fluctuating array of European coalitions against the French First Republic (1803–1804) under the First Consul followed by the First French Empire (1804–1815) under the Emperor of the French, Napoleon…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
French Navy
Maritime arm of the French Armed Forces
The French Navy, informally La Royale, is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the four military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in the world recognised as being a blue-water navy. The French Navy is capable of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Royal Navy
Naval warfare force of the United Kingdom
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Grand Port
1810 battle of the Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811
The Battle of Grand Port was a naval battle fought on 20–27 August 1810 between squadrons of frigates from the French Navy and the British Royal Navy over possession of the harbour of Grand Port on Isle de France, as part of the Mauritius campaign during the Napoleonic Wars. A…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)