 The invasion cost the British a combined total of 22 dead and 79 wounded , including those drowned in the wreck of <unk> . Most of the other casualties had been incurred in the skirmishes on the road to Saint Denis and French casualties , although not known , were probably of a similar number . The French failed to put up a meaningful resistance to the British force , which rapidly established beachheads and carried French outposts without facing significant opposition . The island reverted to its pre @-@ Revolutionary name of Bourbon following the invasion , and Farquhar briefly assumed the governorship before moving to Mauritius upon that island 's capture in December 1810 . Keating replaced him in command and remained in the position until 1814 , when the island was restored to France at the end of the Napoleonic Wars . 
