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 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; 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 ER -