Froberg mutiny

Froberg Mutiny
Part of the Napoleonic Wars
St. Dominic Demi-Bastion at Fort Ricasoli, where the mutineers blew up the magazine
Date 4–12 April 1807 (1 week and 1 day) Location Fort Ricasoli, Malta 35°53′49″N 14°31′42″E / 35.89694°N 14.52833°E / 35.89694; 14.52833 Result Mutiny suppressed
Belligerents
Rebels	United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Caro Mitro	William Villettes Lieutenant de Clermont
Units involved
Froberg Regiment rebels	39th (East Middlesex) Regiment Royal Maltese Regiment Froberg Regiment loyalists
Strength
200 soldiers	Several regiments
Casualties and losses
1 killed 29–30 executed Others captured	6+ killed 4 wounded
class=notpageimage| Location within Malta

The Froberg Mutiny was a mutiny within the British armed forces staged between 4 and 12 April 1807 at Fort Ricasoli on the island of Malta, then a British Protectorate, by the Froberg Regiment. The regiment had been formed using dubious methods, with personnel recruited from various nationalities in Albania and the Ottoman Empire. The troops, who had arrived on Malta in 1806, were unhappy with their rank and pay. The mutiny lasted for eight days, during which several people were killed and the fort was damaged. The mutiny was put down and the ringleaders were executed. It is considered the most serious mutiny of the Napoleonic Wars.^[1]