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Swedish officers in the French Army in Mexico & Algeria 1860s The French Expeditionary Corps in Mexico 1862-1866 1862 Foreign letter, Stockholm-Hamburg-St Nazaire-Vera Cruz, Mexico. Place (*=cds) Date 400 centimes (=288 öre), Stockholm* 18.9 unpaid letter Sweden to KSPA (D) Hamburg* 20.9 D = via Dan- Mexico via France 7.5-15g (31.1.1860-x.12.1865) mark. Apr. 23, 1857 - Jan. 31, 1868. by Prussia Closed mail bag. Suède-Quievrain Amb* 22.9 Railroad PO. French “2” =2 weight nd (exchange for mail) Surcharge “40” class 7.5-15g. Paris-Calais* 24.9 St. Nazaire 16.10 French paque- bot Floride via Fort de France 2.11 to Vera-Cruz 17.11 uu uu uu uu uu uu uu uu uu uu The liberals in Mexico won the civil war 1858- Swedish Count Carl B. S. Cronhielm af Hakunge 1860 in spite of support to the conservatives from (1837-1913) from the Royal Infantry Regiment of several European countries. In the following years Elfsborg (I 15) served 16 months in the French Mexico stopped payment of the foreign debt, which 3rd Zouaves Regiment which six months at the was the reason for France to intervene with campaign in Mexico. military forces. France wished to create a Mexico under French protection, to stop USA’s expansion. Duration: 1862-1866 Main area: Mexico Foe(s): Mexico Total Swedes: 4 Duration: 1862-1866 Main area: Mexico Enemy: Mexico Sw. militaries: 4