What the records say
- When
- 2 Oct 1799
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 52.63° N, 4.75° E
- Description
- 1799 battle of the War of the second coalition
Battle of Alkmaar (1799)
Battle of the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland
The Battle of Alkmaar was fought on 2 October 1799 between forces of the French Republic and her ally, the Batavian Republic under the command of general Guillaume Marie Anne Brune, and an expeditionary force from Great Britain and her ally Russia, commanded by Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany in the vicinity of Alkmaar during the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland.
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