Take the following as truth: In 1877, France bought back Saint-Barth??lemy from Sweden for 320,000 gold francs (Louis XVI having ceded the little island 93 years earlier to his friend King Gustav III in return for duty-free trading rights in Gothenburg).
Then the following statement: "France was unsuccessful in regaining Saint-Bartholemy." is true, false, or inconclusive?
Answer: False