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082 0 4 _a808.83
_bTAY/S
100 1 _aTaylor, Stephen,
245 1 0 _aStorm and conquest : the battle for the Indian Ocean, 1808-10 /
_cStephen Taylor.
260 _aLondon :
_bFaber,
_c2007.
300 _a380 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _a1. 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
650 0 _aNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
_xCampaigns
_zIndian Ocean Region.
651 0 _aIndian Ocean
_xStrategic aspects
_xHistory
651 0 _aMauritius
_xHistory
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xHistory, Naval
651 0 _aFrance
_xHistory, Naval
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