Back Übergabe der Niederländischen Flotte 1795 German Captura de la flota neerlandesa en Den Helder Spanish Holandar ontziteriaren harrapaketa Den Helderren Basque Capture de la flotte hollandaise au Helder French Cattura della flotta olandese a Helder Italian Nīderlandes flotes sagrābšana Helderā Latvian/Lettish Overgave van de Nederlandse vloot aan de Franse cavalerie Dutch Захват голландского флота в Ден-Хелдере Russian

Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder

Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder
Part of the Flanders campaign in the War of the First Coalition

The prize of the Dutch fleet, stopped by ice in the Texel sea in the winter of 1795. A mythical representation by Charles Louis Mozin
Date23 January 1795
Location
Between Texel and Den Helder, Dutch Republic
52°57′30″N 4°45′32″E / 52.9583°N 4.7589°E / 52.9583; 4.7589
Result French victory
Belligerents
Dutch Republic French Republic
Commanders and leaders
Hermanus Reintjes
Strength
  • 14 warships
  • 1 hussar regiment
  • 1 infantry battalion
Casualties and losses
14 warships captured None
Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder is located in Europe
Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder
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Location within Europe

The Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder on the night of 23 January 1795 presents a rare occurrence of an interaction between warships and cavalry, in which a French Revolutionary Hussar regiment came close to a Dutch fleet frozen at anchor in the Nieuwediep, just east of the town of Den Helder.[1][2] After some of the Hussars had approached across the frozen Nieuwediep,[Note 1] the French cavalry negotiated that all 14 Dutch warships would remain at anchor.[3] A capture of ships by horsemen is an extremely rare feat in military history.[4][5][6]

The French units were the 8th Hussar Regiment and the Voltigeur company of the 15th Line Infantry Regiment of the French Revolutionary Army. Jean-Charles Pichegru was the leader of the French army that invaded the Dutch Republic. The Dutch fleet was commanded by captain Hermanus Reintjes. The action happened during the War of the First Coalition, which was part of the French Revolutionary Wars.

  1. ^ "21 janvier 1795 - La bataille " navale " du Texel". Herodote.net. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  2. ^ Eschner, Kat. "The Only Time in History When Men on Horseback Captured a Fleet of Ships". Smithsonian. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  3. ^ Jaques, Tony (19 April 2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity Through the Twenty-first Century. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313335365. Retrieved 19 April 2023 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Fremont-Barnes, Gregory (25 September 2001). Gregory Fremont-Barnes, The French Revolutionary Wars, p. 36. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 9781841762838. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  5. ^ McDonald, George (31 March 2011). Frommer's® Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg. Wiley. ISBN 9781118061510. Retrieved 19 April 2023 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "French Cavalry Defeats Dutch Fleet?". www.napoleon-series.org. Retrieved 5 August 2016.


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