Linois operated from Mauritius and other ports

Where was Linois's French squadron based?

It operated principally from Mauritius and other ports as the French Indian Ocean squadron.

A viewer asks where Linois's French force was based during its long cruise. Mauritius was its principal base, though the squadron used other ports as it moved around the region. Administratively it was the French Indian Ocean squadron rather than a force tied to one anchorage. That dispersed footing places both the China Fleet interception and the later 1806 encounter within a wider oceanic campaign.