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French Revolutionary Wars: After U.S. ships became involved, French forces abandoned their invasion of the Batavian island of Curaçao.
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1792–1802 wars between the Republic and European monarchies
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Invasion of Curaçao (1800)
Military incursion as part of the French Revolutionary Wars
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Batavian Republic
Dutch client state of the French First Republic and French Empire, 1795–1806
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Dutch Caribbean island country
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