Battle of Tamatave

Date: May 20, 1811 • Location: Toamasina, Madagascar

A British squadron under Charles Marsh Schomberg defeated a French force off Tamatave, Madagascar, that was attempting to reinforce the French garrison on Mauritius.

Captain Sir Charles Marsh Schomberg was a British Royal Navy officer, who served during French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and later served as Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica.