InOctober the USS Porpoise landed sailors near Matanzas in pursuit of pirates.This was during the cruise authorized in 1822.[RL30172]1824 Puerto Rico(Spanish territory): Commodore David Porter with a landing party attacked thetown of Fajardo which had sheltered pirates and insulted American navalofficers. He landed with 200 men in November and forced an apology. CommodorePorter was later court-martialed for overstepping his powers.[RL30172]1825 Cuba: InMarch cooperating American and British forces landed at Sagua La Grande tocapture pirates.[RL30172]1827 Greece:[2] InOctober and November, landing parties hunted pirates on the Mediterraneanislands of Argentiere (Kimolos), Myconos, and Andros.[RL30172]18301839183132 FalklandIslands: Captain Silas Duncan of the USS Lexington attacked, looted and burnedthe Argentine town of Puerto Soledad in Malvinas islands. This was in responseto the capture of three American sailing vessels which were detained afterignoring orders to stop depredation of local fishing resources withoutpermission from the Argentine government. Subsequently the islands were invadedby the UK in 1833 remaining to this day.[RL30172]1832 Attack onQuallah Battoo: Sumatra, Indonesia February 6 to 9, U.S. forces underCommodore John Downes aboard the frigate USS Potomac landed and stormed a fortto punish natives of the town of Quallah Battoo for plundering the Americancargo ship Friendship.[RL30172]1833 Argentina:October 31 to November 15, A force was sent ashore at Buenos Aires to protectthe interests of the United States and other countries during aninsurrection.[RL30172]183536 Peru:December 10, 1835 to January 24, 1836 and August 31 to December 7, 1836,Marines protected American interests in Callao and Lima during an attemptedrevolution.[RL30172]183542 FloridaTerritory: United States Navy supports the Army's efforts at quelling uprisingsand attacks on civilians by Seminole Indians. Government's efforts to relocatethe Seminoles to west of the Mississippi are hindered by 7 years of war.1838 The Carolineaffair on Navy Island, Canada: After the failure of the Upper Canada Rebellionof 1837 favoring Canadian democracy and independence from the British Empire;William Lyon Mackenzie and his rebels fled to Navy Island where they declaredthe Republic of Canada. American sympathizers sent supplies on the SS Caroline,which was intercepted by the British and set ablaze, after killing one American.It was falsely reported that dozens of Americans were killed as they weretrapped on board, and American forces retaliated by burning a British steamerwhile it was in U.S. waters.183839 Sumatra(Indonesia): December 24, 1838 to January 4, 1839, A naval force landed topunish natives of the towns of Quallah Battoo and Muckie (Mukki) fordepredations on American shipping.[RL30172]184018491840 Fiji Islands:In July, naval forces landed to punish natives for attacking American exploringand surveying parties.[RL30172]1841 McKean Island(Drummond Island/Taputenea), Gilbert Islands (Kingsmill Group), Pacific Ocean:A naval party landed to avenge the murder of a seaman by the natives.[RL30172]1841 Samoa: OnFebruary 24, a naval party landed and burned towns after the murder of anAmerican seaman on Upolu.[RL30172]1842 Mexico:Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones, in command of a squadron long cruising offCalifornia, occupied Monterey, California, on October 19, believing war hadcome. He discovered peace, withdrew, and saluted. A similar incident occurred aweek later at San Diego.[RL30172]1843 China:Sailors and marines from the St. Louis were landed after a clash betweenAmericans and Chinese at the trading post in Canton.[RL30172]1843 Africa: FromNovember 29 to December 16, four United States vessels demonstrated and