They caught the lieutenant Governor, Corbet, in bed, took him prisoner and forced him to sign an act of surrender. This was ignored by Elizabeth Castle troops who fired on the French when they tried to approach. His main force was dispatched up what is now known as Broad Street, whilst he led another party up the back lane now King Street and burst into the Market Place through what is now known as Peirson Place. The French were outnumbered and the fighting lasted less than 10 minutes before they capitulated. 1789, the start of the First French Revolution.
Jersey appears to have been in sympathy with the insurgents.
Thousands of French aristocrats flee to Jersey resulting in an enormous expansion in the size of St. Jersey was the top of Napoleon's targets. Europe must be purged of these vermin. In 1834, the Jersey States adopt the English system of currency. Death of Queen Victoria.