Storm and conquest : the battle for the Indian Ocean, 1808-10 / Stephen Taylor.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Faber, 2007Description: 380 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780571224654 (hbk.); 0571224652 (hbk.)Subject(s): Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Indian Ocean Region | Indian Ocean -- Strategic aspects -- History | Mauritius -- History | Great Britain -- History, Naval | France -- History, NavalDDC classification: 808.83Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 808.83 TAY/S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P10692 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Admiral Pellew's strategy -- 2. A petition from Bombay -- 3. General Macdowall's grievance -- 4. 'Sir Henry Gwillim embarks and the Devil go with him' -- 5. 'Not heard of again' -- 6. 'A cabal in the maintop' -- 7. Justice at the Gape -- 8. 'One of the most wicked places in the Universe' -- 9. Sir George Barlow draws his sword -- 10. 'A perfect hurricane' -- 11. 'The most terrible of deaths' -- 12. Pellew's revenge
PART II: CONQUEST -- 13. Return to lie de France -- 14. 'A mongrel kind of gendeman' -- 15. 'The enterprizing Captain Corbet' -- 16. Batde on Bourbon -- 17. Commodore Hamelin's cruise -- 18 Christmas at the India House
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