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Surrender Of Saint Barthélemy (1801)
The surrender of Saint Barthélemy occurred from 19 to 21 March 1801, where the Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy surrendered to a British fleet during the Napoleonic Wars as a result of Sweden joining the Second League of Armed Neutrality against Britain. The British fleet arrived on 19 March, and after assembling a council of war, the Swedes decided to surrender, which occurred on 21 March. Background When Sweden joined the Second League of Armed Neutrality, and news of this reached London in 1801, Henry Dundas issued secret orders to British commanders in the Leeward Islands to occupy Saint Thomas, Saint John, Saint Croix, and Saint Barthélemy along with confiscating all Swedish, Russian, and Danish goods found there. Surrender On 19 March, around 16 British ships arrived off the island. The Swedish Governor, Hans Henrik Anckarheim, sounded the alarm. He assembled a force of 53 men, taken from Gustavia, the countryside, and the island's garrison. Captain King and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Barthélemy, officially the Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Barthélemy, also known as St. Barts (English) or St. Barth (French), is an overseas collectivity of France in the Caribbean. The island lies about southeast of the island of Saint Martin (island), Saint Martin; it is northeast of the Dutch islands of Saba (island), Saba and Sint Eustatius, as well as north of the independent country of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Saint Barthélemy was for many years a French commune forming part of Guadeloupe, which is an overseas region and department of France. In 2003 the island voted in favour of secession from Guadeloupe to form a separate overseas collectivity (, abbreviated to ) of France. The collectivity is one of four territories among the Leeward Islands in the northeastern Caribbean that make up the French West Indies, along with Collectivity of Saint Martin, Saint Martin, Guadeloupe ( southeast) and Martinique. A volcanic island fully encircled by shallow reefs, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |