Battle of Blaauwberg

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Battle of Blaauwberg
Part of the Napoleonic Wars
Clockwise from top left: The Storming of the Cape of Good Hope HMS Diadem at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope. Close up of HMS Diadem during the landing. A panoramic view of the battle field at present day Bellville.
Date 8–18 January 1806 Location Bloubergstrand, Western Cape, Cape Colony 33°45′22″S 18°27′56″E / 33.75611°S 18.46556°E / -33.75611; 18.46556 Result British victory Dutch Cape Colony controlled by the United Kingdom for the duration of the Napoleonic Wars
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Batavian Republic  First French Empire
Commanders and leaders
David Baird Home Riggs Popham	Willem Janssens
Strength
5,399	2,049
Casualties and losses
189 wounded, 15 killed.[1] 36 drowned before the battle.	337 "did not answer the roll call" after the battle.[2] Over 700 killed & wounded (letter from British commander Baird).[3]

The Battle of Blaauwberg, also known as the Battle of Cape Town, fought near Cape Town on Wednesday 8 January 1806, was a small but significant military engagement during the War of the Third Coalition, one of the Napoleonic Wars. After a British victory, peace was made under the Treaty Tree in Woodstock establishing British control over the Dutch Cape Colony. The Cape later became a permanent part of the British Empire following the Congress of Vienna that marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1814.^[4] By establishing permanent British rule over the Cape Colony the battle would have many ramifications for the southern Africa region during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A bi-centennial commemoration was held in January 2006.