News of Paul I’s Death — Not Yet Arrived
Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A distant flagship in Baltic waters. Not a portrait.
Overview
The lag is already on the Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview, the League of Armed Neutrality of the North 1800–1801, and Tsar Paul I of Russia. Paul I had been assassinated ten days before 2 April 1801. News had not reached either fleet.1
The Lag
This note covers that news lag only. A calendar date of the assassination and a Russian court narrative stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE. Left-Hand Dispatches — Tenerife 1797 is a different dispatch fact.
Tsar Alexander I of Russia then withdrew. The Danish armistice signed 9 April. The Baltic reopened to British naval stores.2
Sources
- @knight2005pursuit — pp. 374–408
- @white2005nelson
- @adkin2005trafalgar
- Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview
- Tsar Paul I of Russia
- League of Armed Neutrality of the North 1800–1801
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Assassinated ten days before the battle; news had not reached either fleet: Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview, League of Armed Neutrality of the North 1800–1801, and Tsar Paul I of Russia. ↩
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Alexander withdrew; armistice 9 April: same notes. Do not invent a calendar date of the assassination, a courier name, or a packet route. Left-hand Tenerife dispatches stay on their own note. ↩