Battle of Copenhagen (1801)
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The battle was the result of multiple failures of diplomacy in the latter half of 1800 and the beginning of 1801 during the French Revolutionary Wars. Great Britain's principal advantage over France was its naval superiority. The Royal Navy searched neutral ships trading with French ports, seizing their cargoes if they were deemed to be trading with France. The eccentric Russian Tsar Paul, after having been a British ally, arranged a League of Armed Neutrality comprising Scandinavia, Prussia, and Russia, to enforce free trade with France. The United Kingdom viewed the League to be very much in…mehr

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The battle was the result of multiple failures of diplomacy in the latter half of 1800 and the beginning of 1801 during the French Revolutionary Wars. Great Britain's principal advantage over France was its naval superiority. The Royal Navy searched neutral ships trading with French ports, seizing their cargoes if they were deemed to be trading with France. The eccentric Russian Tsar Paul, after having been a British ally, arranged a League of Armed Neutrality comprising Scandinavia, Prussia, and Russia, to enforce free trade with France. The United Kingdom viewed the League to be very much in the French interest and a serious threat. The League was hostile to the British blockade and its existence threatened the supply of timber and naval stores from Scandinavia.