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Cut off from its base, the Dutch fleet surrendered on 30 August 1799 in what became known as the Vlieter incident. [3] In 1807 king Louis Bonaparte visited the north of Holland and Texel and Nieuwediep. By then there were about a dozen warships in the harbor. Napoleon wanted to fortify the place, and transfer the Amsterdam navy base to Den Helder.
The Dutch authorities now realized that a fleet could only be safe in Nieuwediep if it was also protected on the land side. Already in 1803 the old village of Den Helder was fortified. The tip of the Nieuwediep (including battery De Unie) was somewhat surrounded by walls, and field fortifications were erected to protect the other coastal ...
Between 1810 and 1813 around 35,000 Dutchmen between the ages of 20 and 50 were forced to join his Grande Armée or his fleet; around 25,000 joined Napoleon to Russia. [15] Most Dutchmen served in the 123rd, 124th, 125th, and 126th Regiment d’Infanterie de Ligne , and 33e Régiment d’Infanterie Légère .
Capture of the Dutch fleet by the French cavalry. General de Winter arrived at Den Helder with his troops during the night of 23 January 1795. [Note 2] The Dutch fleet was there as expected, trapped by ice. Each hussar carried an infantryman of the 15th Line Infantry Regiment on his horse.
Dutch catastrophic defeat, arguably the worst defeat in Dutch naval history. [citation needed] June 1 until June 4, 1666 Four Days Battle; Dutch victory. August 4 and 5, 1666 St James' Day Battle; English victory, but the main body of the Dutch fleet escaped, while the Dutch rear beat its counterpart. June 1667 Raid on the Medway
The Dutch Republic went into decline after 1713, and in the late 18th century its navy was no longer a match for the French and even less for the British navy.An ambitious shipbuilding program in 1780 could not prevent the disastrous Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780–1784); the Dutch agreed to allow British ships free passage throughout the East Indies in the Treaty of Paris which ended the war.
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In 1795, French cavalry captured Alliantie during the French capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder. In February 1795, she received a French crew but was probably too undermanned to be serviceable. In May, the Batavian Republic signed a peace and alliance treaty with France and the French returned Alliantie against payment. [4]