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Monday, 23 December 2019

Russian sailors allowed by France to return home according to the Dutch Koninklijke Courant daily edition dated 28 May 1810.

Koningsberg, Prussia, 13 May. This afternoon arrived the first Russian sailors coming from Toulon after being more five years way from their home country. The Russian ships of the line were handed over to the French Emperor and the sailors were allowed to return to Russia. They numbered more as 50 men belonging to the crew of the St. Peter. Tomorrow were more as 600 men of the Moscow expected to arrive.