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Arrival at Dover
- When
- 21 February 1814
- Where
- Dover
Colonel du Bourg arrived at the Ship Inn in Dover on 21 February 1814, claiming Napoleon was dead.
A uniformed man calling himself Colonel du Bourg arrived at the Ship Inn at Dover, England, on the morning of Monday, 21 February 1814. He claimed to be aide-de-camp to Lord Cathcart and announced that Napoleon I of France had been killed and Bourbon rule restored.
Sources
- Great Stock Exchange Fraud of 1814 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-04-20
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