Bombardment of Antwerp (1830)

Burning of Antwerp
Part of Belgian Revolution

Bombardment of Antwerp, 1830
Date27 October 1830
Location
Result

Dutch Victory

  • Antwerp burned
Belligerents
 United Netherlands  Belgian rebels
Commanders and leaders
David Hendrik Chassé
Strength
Mostly Gunboats Population was 73,605[1][2]
Casualties and losses
Low, or none

Estimated 9 Million Dollars+ of Property Destroyed [3]

number of dead unknown but Chasse said bloody, and so many dead[4]

The Bombardment of Antwerp in 1830 was a military event that took place during the Belgian Revolution.

  1. ^ Baedeker, Karl (1891). Belgium and Holland Handbook for Travellers (1891 ed.). Baedeker. p. 139.
  2. ^ The Company in Law and Practice: Did Size Matter? (Middle Ages-Nineteenth Century) (E-boek ed.). Brill. pp. 170–172.
  3. ^ Marsh, John (1831). New England Anti-Masonic Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1832. John Marsh & Company. p. 29.
  4. ^ Withuys, Carel Godfried (1831). Het bombardement van Antwerpen: lauwerkrans voor den luitenant-generaal baron Chassé gevlochten. p. 6.

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