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Swedish Officers in the French Army in Mexico & Algeria 1860s The French pacification of Algeria 1860s-1871 1868 Foreign paid letter Waxholm, Sweden - Paris - Geryville, Algeria. Sweden´s share was 17½ France got 35 centimes 42 öre, F9d + F11e , paid 3 2 öre for each normal and they paid the letter -10g. direct to France letter to France per 10g. transit through Prussia. Feb. 1, 1868 - Dec. 31, 1875. Place (*=cds) Date *=cancel Waxholm* 29.9 uu PD* (Paid to uu destination) via Denmark and By closed mail North Germany bag uu Suède-Er- 3.10 Railroad postal quelines 2* compartment uu Paris a Lyon* 3.10 Change of train uu Marseille-Alger French ship uu uu Oran*, Algeria 10.10 Forward to Geryville The cancel “PD” (Port Payé jusqu’à Destination =Paid to destination) was ordered in ten and two were delivered Jan. 2, 1868 and eight Jan. 22, 1868 by engraver Barklund. The cancel PD was to be struck on fully paid letters to the final destination. The French Army was one of the most The Army had often the most modern prominent armies in the world in the 19 military weapons. That was one reason why th century to 1871. Sw. officers served in the French Army. French forces invaded the city Alger 1830. Often were the newest weapons tested and One reason was to deal with the piracy in the used in Algeria, so was the new Chassepot Mediterranean. The conquest of Algeria went rifle in 1866. The first mass-produced breech- on for several decades. The Kabyle people in loading rifle, fired twice as much rounds a the mountainous northern Algeria made minute than the other. Now the French Army most resistance during the 19 century. could do better work in Algeria. th Duration: 1860s-1871 Main area: Algeria Enemy: The Kabyle people Sw. militaries: 10-15