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The ten days' campaign (Dutch: Tiendaagse veldtocht, French: campagne des Dix-Jours) was a failed military expedition by the United Kingdom of the Netherlands against the secessionist Kingdom of Belgium between 2 and 12 August 1831. [1]
At first reluctant to accept, [21] he eventually took up the offer, and after an enthusiastic popular welcome on his way to Brussels, [22] Leopold I of Belgium took his oath as king on 21 July 1831. 21 July is generally used to mark the end of the revolution and the start of the Kingdom of Belgium. It is celebrated each year as Belgian National ...
The battle took place on 12 August and officially ended on 13 August 1831. The Dutch army defeated the Belgian rebels, [1] but were forced to withdraw in order to avoid war with France, as a large French army under Maréchal Gérard had crossed the border to support the Belgian rebels. They concluded a truce with the Belgians, allowing them to ...
For most of its history, what is now Belgium was either a part of a larger territory, such as the Carolingian Empire, or divided into a number of smaller states, prominent among them being the Duchy of Lower Lorraine, the Duchy of Brabant, the County of Flanders, the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, the County of Namur, the County of Hainaut and the County of Luxembourg.
Almanach de poche de Bruxelles (Brussels, M.-E. Rampelbergh) [2]; Joseph Jean De Smet, Nouvelle géographie, second edition (Ghent, Vanryckgem-Hovaere) [3]; Auguste Voisin, Guide des voyageurs dans la ville de Gand, ou Notice historique sur cette ville, ses monumens, ses institutions, sa statistique, etc. (Ghent, Louis De Busscher) [4]
Finally on 13 August 1831 the truce was arranged the Dutch pulled back. The last Dutch troops withdrew on 20 August. [citation needed] At the cemetery of Houthalen a commemorative cross was erected after the battle. [4] Dutch painter Nicolaas Pieneman portrayed Lieutenat-General Frederik Knotzer in the battle on his painting from 1834. [5]
The Battle of Hasselt was fought on 8 August 1831 during the Ten Days' Campaign. It was an important defeat for the outnumbered Belgian Army of the Meuse and a victory for the Dutch invasion force. Battle
Before the battle there where around 1,300 soldiers stationed in Turnhout. [1] On August 3, 11,000 men gathered on the Ravels hill to prepare for an attack on Turnhout, led by General Saksen-Weimar.