Battle of Callantsoog

Battle of Callantsoog
	Part of the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland during the War of the Second Coalition
	; Landing at Callantsoog by Dirk Langendijk
Date	27 August 1799
Location	Callantsoog, The Netherlands52°51′00″N 4°41′51″E / 52.8500°N 4.6975°E
Result	British victory
Belligerents
Batavian Republic	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Herman Willem Daendels	Ralph Abercromby
Strength
10,000	12,000
Casualties and losses
137 dead; 950 wounded	74 dead; 376 wounded
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Europe

The Battle of Callantsoog (sometimes also called Battle of Groote Keeten)^[1] (27 August 1799) followed the amphibious landing by a British invasion force under Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby near Callantsoog in the course of the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland of 1799. Despite strong opposition by troops of the Batavian Republic under Lieutenant-General Herman Willem Daendels, the British troops established a bridgehead and the Dutch were forced to retreat.

^ Variously misspelled. The anonymous writer of The Campaign in Holland speaks of "groet Keeten" for instance; Campaign, p. 10

[1] Variously misspelled. The anonymous writer of The Campaign in Holland speaks of "groet Keeten" for instance; Campaign, p. 10

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