British capture of St. Eustatius

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The British capture of St. Eustatius was a major 1781 naval and military operation in the Caribbean during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, in which British forces seized the Dutch island that had been a crucial hub for trade and supplies to the American revolutionaries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
belligerent Dutch Republic ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
cause British desire to cut off Dutch support to American rebels ⓘ
outbreak of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
commander George Brydges Rodney ⓘ
Major-General John Vaughan ⓘ
conflict Fourth Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
countryLosingTerritory Dutch Republic ⓘ
countrySeizingTerritory Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
date 1781 ⓘ
effect controversy over Rodney’s focus on prize-taking ⓘ
disruption of trade supporting the American Revolution ⓘ
followedBy French recapture of St. Eustatius ⓘ
hasMainTarget Dutch island of St. Eustatius ⓘ
involvedMilitaryBranch British Army ⓘ
Dutch colonial forces ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
location Caribbean Sea ⓘ
St. Eustatius ⓘ
linked to: Sint Eustatius
method amphibious landing ⓘ
naval blockade ⓘ
opponent United Provinces ⓘ
opposingCommander Governor Johannes de Graaff ⓘ
outcome confiscation of large quantities of goods ⓘ
occupation of St. Eustatius by British forces ⓘ
seizure of Dutch merchant shipping ⓘ
partOf American Revolutionary War era ⓘ
primaryObjective cut off supplies to American revolutionaries ⓘ
seize Dutch trading center ⓘ
relatedTo American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War ⓘ
George Brydges Rodney ⓘ
St. Eustatius ⓘ
linked to: Sint Eustatius
result British victory ⓘ
startDate 1781-02-03 ⓘ
strategicImportance key entrepôt for arms and supplies to American revolutionaries ⓘ
major trading hub in the Caribbean ⓘ
theatreOfWar Caribbean theatre of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
yearOfEvent 1781 ⓘ

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Fourth Anglo-Dutch War → significantEvent → British capture of St. Eustatius ⓘ
Battle of Fort Royal → precededBy → Battle of St. Eustatius ⓘ
linked to: British capture of St. Eustatius
George Brydges Rodney → notableWork → Capture of Saint Eustatius (1781) ⓘ
subject linked to: Admiral George Brydges Rodney
linked to: British capture of St. Eustatius