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Britain seizes the Dutch Cape Colony in southern Africa to prevent its use by the Batavian Republic.
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Invasion of the Cape Colony
1795 battle of the War of the First Coalition
The invasion of the Cape Colony, also known as the Battle of Muizenberg, was a British military expedition launched in 1795 against the Dutch Cape Colony at the Cape of Good Hope. The Dutch colony at the Cape, established and controlled by the United East India Company in the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Dutch Cape Colony
Former Dutch supply station in Southern Africa
The Dutch Cape Colony, officially known as the Cape of Good Hope Waystation, was a colony of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and Batavian Republic in Southern Africa. Centered on the Cape of Good Hope, from where it derived its name, it was founded in 1652 by a VOC expedition…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Southernmost region of Africa
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Batavian Republic
Dutch client state of the French First Republic and French Empire, 1795–1806
The Batavian Republic was the successor state to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. It was proclaimed on 19 January 1795 after the Batavian Revolution and ended on 5 June 1806, with the accession of Louis Bonaparte to the Dutch throne. From October 1801 onward, it was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)