Military Chat

Mauritius became an important base on the trade routes from Europe to the East before the opening of the Suez Canal and was involved in the long power struggle between the French and the British. The French won the Battle of Grand Port, their only naval victory over the British during these wars, but they could not prevent the British from landing at Cap Malheureux three months later. They formally surrendered on the fifth day of the invasion, 3 December 1810, on terms allowing settlers to keep their land and property, the use of the French language, and the law of France in criminal and civil matters.

Can anyone tell me what involvement, if any, the British Army had in Mauritius from when Britain took over Mauritius in 1810 until at least 1825? My second question is, would it have been totally unheard of for a soldier in the British Army in those days to have married a local woman in Mauritius in 1825, and taken her back to England? I have found a record of a British Army marriage in the GRO Register - it names the woman but not who she married. I'm guessing she wasn't in the British Army, so she must have been a local. Thanks for any information anyone might be able to give me.