Battle of Callantsoog

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The Battle of Callantsoog was a 1799 amphibious landing and engagement in North Holland during the French Revolutionary Wars, in which British forces successfully came ashore against Franco-Batavian defenders.

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Battle of Callantsoog canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf amphibious landing ⓘ
battle ⓘ
belligerent Batavian Republic ⓘ
French First Republic ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
campaign Anglo-Russian campaign in the Netherlands ⓘ
combatantSide British landing force ⓘ
Franco-Batavian defending force ⓘ
combatType amphibious warfare ⓘ
land warfare ⓘ
commander Guillaume Brune ⓘ
Herman Willem Daendels ⓘ
Ralph Abercromby ⓘ
conflict French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
countryAtTime Batavian Republic ⓘ
date 1799-08-27 ⓘ
era French Revolutionary era ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Bergen (1799) ⓘ
Battle of Krabbendam ⓘ
forceType expeditionary force ⓘ
geographicalContext North Sea coast ⓘ
hasPart naval support operations ⓘ
shore engagements on sand dunes ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
involvedBranch Batavian Army ⓘ
linked to: Batavian army

British Army ⓘ
French Army ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
location Batavian Republic ⓘ
Callantsoog ⓘ
North Holland ⓘ
notableFeature successful British amphibious landing against defended shore ⓘ
operationType amphibious assault ⓘ
seaborne landing ⓘ
opponent Franco-Batavian forces ⓘ
linked to: Franco-Dutch forces
partOf Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland ⓘ
War of the Second Coalition ⓘ
precededBy planning of Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland ⓘ
result British victory ⓘ
strategicObjective open way for Anglo-Russian advance into the Batavian Republic ⓘ
secure beachhead in North Holland ⓘ
theatre North Holland campaign ⓘ
year 1799 ⓘ

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Battle of Krabbendam → precededBy → Battle of Callantsoog ⓘ