TY  - BOOK
AU  - Taylor,Stephen
TI  - Storm and conquest: the battle for the Indian Ocean, 1808-10
SN  - 9780571224654 (hbk.)
U1  - 808.83 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - London
PB  - Faber & Faber
KW  - Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Indian Ocean Region
KW  - Indian Ocean
KW  - Strategic aspects
KW  - History
KW  - Mauritius
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History, Naval
KW  - France
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt. I. Storm --
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 Cape --
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 --
pt. II. Conquest --
13. Return to Ile of France --
14. 'A mongrel kind of gentleman' --
15. 'The enterprizing Captain Corbet' --
16. Battle on Bourbon --
17. Commodore Hamelin's cruise --
18. Christmas at the India house --
19. The battle of Grand Port --
20. 'For shame, hoist the colours again!' --
21. A close run thing
ER  -