Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder

Quand

23 janv. 1795

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

52.96° N, 4.76° E

Description

battle where French forces captured Dutch ships using cavalry

1795 battle of the War of the First Coalition

The capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder on the night of 23 January 1795 presents a rare occurrence of an interaction between warships and cavalry, in which a French Revolutionary Hussar regiment came close to a Dutch fleet frozen at anchor in the Nieuwediep, just east of the town of Den Helder.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « Flanders campaign: Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder: The Dutch fleet, frozen in Zuiderzee, is captured by the French 8th Hussars »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « Die bei Texel im Eis eingefrorene niederländische Flotte wird einer Abteilung französischer Kavallerie übergeben »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source
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• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · l’appelle « захват голландского флота в Ден-Хелдере »Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Page source

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