Ten days' campaign

Ten days' campaign
Part of the aftermath of the Belgian Revolution

The Prince of Orange's horse is wounded at the Battle of Bautersem, 12 August 1831.
Date2–12 August 1831
Location
Result Return to status quo ante bellum;
Belligerents

 Belgium

Supported by:

France France
United Kingdom of the Netherlands United Netherlands
Commanders and leaders
Strength
Belgium: 24,000 men[1]
France: 70,000 men[2]
36,000-50,000 men[a]
Casualties and losses
925 dead [4][5] 661 dead[6][7]

The ten days' campaign (Dutch: Tiendaagse veldtocht, French: campagne des Dix-Jours) was a failed military expedition by the United Kingdom of the Netherlands against the secessionist Kingdom of Belgium between 2 and 12 August 1831.[1] The campaign was an attempt by the Dutch King William I to halt the course of the Belgian Revolution which had broken out in August 1830.

The Dutch army invaded Belgium on 2 August 1831 and defeated Belgian forces in several battles over the course of the next few days, advancing deep into Belgian territory. On 8 August, the Belgian government appealed to France for military support. The French agreed to send reinforcements to assist the Belgians under Marshal Étienne Gérard. Rather than fight the French, the Dutch withdrew from Belgium without achieving their objectives. In November 1832, the French besieged and captured Antwerp, the last Dutch stronghold in Belgium, effectively ending the military confrontation between the Dutch and Belgians.

  1. ^ a b Pirenne 1948, p. 32.
  2. ^ "1830-1831 The Belgian Revolution". Timeline Dutch History. Rijksmuseum. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  3. ^ Pirenne 1948, p. 31.
  4. ^ Draper, Mario (2018). The Belgian Army and Society from Independence to the Great War (e-book ed.). Springer International Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 9783319703862.
  5. ^ Clodfelter, Micheal Clodfelter (2017). Warfare and Armed Conflicts A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492–2015, 4th Ed (E-book ed.). McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 174. ISBN 9781476625850.
  6. ^ Draper, Mario (2018). The Belgian Army and Society from Independence to the Great War (e-book ed.). Springer International Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 9783319703862.
  7. ^ Clodfelter, Micheal Clodfelter (2017). Warfare and Armed Conflicts A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492–2015, 4th Ed (E-book ed.). McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 174. ISBN 9781476625850.


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