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By sheer bluff Toll first won over Hellichius, and, six weeks later ( August 12 ), the whole garrison of Kristianstad, arresting the few officers who proved recalcitrant ; taking possession of the records and military chest, and closing the gates in the face of the " Cap " high commissioner who had been warned by the English minister, John Gooderich, that something was afoot in the south.
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