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English: In the Battle of Grand Port, French frigates defeated the British Navy in August 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars. In spite of this most important French naval victory in the war, Mauritius was lost to a British invasion in the following December.
Français : Le monument rappelle la en août 1810 quand une escadre française anéantit une flottille britannique. Toutefois, en décembre de la même année, les britanniques conquirent l'Isle de France (Île Maurice).
Deutsch: Das Denkmal erinnert an die , in der die Franzosen im August 1810 ein britisches Geschwader vernichteten, was aber die Eroberung von Mauritius durch die Briten im folgenden Dezember nicht verhinderte. |
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