 Africaine 's journey to Madras took several months and Corbet made a number of stops on his passage , the final one being at the small British island base of Rodriguez in early September 1810 . There Corbet was informed of the disaster at Grand Port and on his own initiative immediately sailed south to augment Rowley 's weakened squadron . Arriving off Isle de France at 06 : 15 on 11 September , Corbet spotted a French schooner near Île Ronde and gave chase , the schooner sheltering behind the reefs at Grand Bay on the eastern side of the island . At 07 : 30 , Corbet ordered the frigate 's boats to enter the creek into which the schooner had fled , the small craft entering the waterway in the hope of storming and capturing the vessel . As the boats approached , French soldiers and militia appeared along the banks and began firing on the British sailors . Fire was returned by Royal Marines in the boats , but Africaine 's barge grounded soon after the ambush was sprung and became trapped , French gunfire killing two men and wounding ten . The other boat reached the grounded and abandoned schooner , but the six men aboard were unable to move the vessel unaided and were forced to depart , coming under fire which wounded five men , before they could escape the French trap . 
 Africaine <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>journey to Madras<a href='been_done' title='2'><mark></mark></a> took several months and Corbet made a number of stops on his passage , the final one being at the small British island base of Rodriguez in early September 1810 . There Corbet was informed of the disaster at Grand Port and on his own initiative immediately sailed south to augment Rowley <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>weakened squadron . Arriving off Isle de France at 06 : 15 on 11 September , Corbet<a href='been_done' title='4'><mark></mark></a> spotted a French schooner near Île Ronde and gave chase , the schooner sheltering behind the reefs at Grand Bay on the eastern side of the island . At 07 : 30 , Corbet ordered the frigate <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>boats to enter the creek into which the schooner <a href='been_done' title='6'><mark>had</mark></a> fled , the small craft entering the waterway in the hope of storming and capturing the vessel . As the boats approached , French soldiers and militia appeared along the banks and began firing on the British sailors . Fire was returned by Royal Marines in the boats , but Africaine <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>barge grounded soon after the ambush was sprung and became trapped , French gunfire killing two men and wounding ten . The other boat reached the grounded and abandoned schooner , but the six men aboard <a href='uninflect' title='8'><mark>were</mark></a> unable to move the vessel unaided and <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>were</mark></a> forced to depart , coming under fire which wounded five men , before they could escape the French trap . 
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