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1800 to 1813: the war years · four years after HMS Surprise

The Mauritius Command

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Jack becomes a commodore and must take two French islands in the Indian Ocean

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Four years on, Jack is married to Sophia, has twin daughters and lives on half-pay. Stephen brings a secret commission: Jack gets the frigate Boadicea and, at Cape Town, is made commodore of a small squadron sent to take the French islands of Réunion and Mauritius. Réunion falls almost without loss, helped by Stephen's propaganda. Mauritius is harder: two British ships run aground and are burned, Captain Clonfert is captured badly wounded and Corbett is killed in action. Admiral Bertie arrives to take over, the invasion succeeds and Clonfert kills himself in the hospital. Jack sails home with news of the victory.

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  1. ReferenceThe campaign happened

    The action closely follows the real Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811, led by Commodore Josias Rowley. Réunion fell in July 1810 and Mauritius in December.

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  2. ReferenceClonfert's eye

    Captain Clonfert's eye wound mirrors that of Nesbit Willoughby, captain of the Néréide, at the Battle of Grand Port in August 1810.

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