The Action of 3 July 1810 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter of the Napoleonic Wars Hostile_encounter , in which a French frigate squadron under Guy-Victor Duperré attacked Attack and defeated Conquering a convoy of Honourable East India Company East Indiamen near the Comoros Islands .

The invasion of Algiers began Process_start on 5 July 1830 with a naval bombardment by a fleet under Admiral Duperré , and a landing by troops under Louis Auguste Victor de Ghaisne , comte de Bourmont .