Napoleonic Wars
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, conflict = Napoleonic Wars
, partof = the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
, image = Napoleonic Wars (revision).jpg
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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,
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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 Brigadier-General Fuller came to the island, demanding to know whether or not the Governor would surrender the island. A Swedish
council of war
A council of warJohn Duckworth, the commander of the British fleet. All the Swedes on the island were forced to swear allegiance to
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but were not required to fight Sweden in any future wars. Major
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Fänrik
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Ögnelod, and Anckarheim were also held as prisoners of war by the British. Along with this, all of the ships in the harbor were seized.
Anckarheim requested that the Swedes be allowed to travel to and from the colony, which was granted only for a day until the British restricted freedom of movement, only applying it to those who became Swedish citizens prior to 1794. After the British occupied the island, Colonel Wilson became the new governor, with the administration being maintained with a council under Swedish law. The island was returned to Sweden on 10 July 1802.
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