✦ History

Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland

August 27 โ€“ November 19, 1799

Result Franco-Batavian victory

Ended by Convention of Alkmaar

British and Russian forces landed in North Holland to drive the French out of the Batavian Republic. After several battles the expedition failed and withdrew under the Convention of Alkmaar.

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Battles 5

August 27, 1799
Battle of Callantsoog British victory Callantsoog Ralph Abercromby, Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, Herman Willem Daendels
August 30, 1799
Vlieter incident British victory Off Wieringen, Zuiderzee Andrew Mitchell, Samuel Story
September 10, 1799
Battle of Krabbendam British victory Zijpe Ralph Abercromby, Herman Willem Daendels, Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune
October 2, 1799
Battle of Alkmaar (1799) Anglo-Russian victory Alkmaar Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Magnus Gustav von Essen, Herman Willem Daendels
October 6, 1799
Battle of Castricum Franco-Batavian victory Castricum Ralph Abercromby, John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany

Key commanders

Kingdom of Great Britain 10

Ralph Abercromby military commander John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore military commander Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany military commander Magnus Gustav von Essen military commander John Moore military commander Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan military commander Johann Hermann von Fersen military commander Home Riggs Popham military commander Andrew Mitchell military commander James Pulteney military commander

French First Republic 5

Dominique Vandamme military commander Herman Willem Daendels military commander Jean Boudet military commander Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune military commander Samuel Story military commander

France 2

Herman Willem Daendels military commander Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune military commander

Batavian Republic 2

Herman Willem Daendels military commander Samuel Story military commander

Great Britain 1

Andrew Mitchell military commander