Camp Fire Editorial Photo

A reconstruction of a slaves hacienda with slave playing music and dancing round a camp fire. The reconstruction was made to pay tribute to the bicentenary ot the naval battle of Vieux Grand Port in Mauritius. Battle between the French and the British. The French won on August 28 their only naval battle against the British during the Napoleon period in the Bay of Grand Port at Isle de France. Four month later, the British took over the island and renamed it Mauritius.