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French Overrun of the Dutch Republic
- When
- Winter 1794 – January 1795
- Where
- Dutch Republic
- Part of
- Invasion of the Cape Colony
French troops overran the Dutch Republic in winter 1794, transforming it into the Batavian Republic, a French client state.
During the Flanders campaign in winter 1794, French troops overran the Dutch Republic and occupied Amsterdam. The Stadtholder William V fled to England in January 1795, and local revolutionaries reconstituted the republic as the Batavian Republic, a French client state.
Sources
- Invasion of the Cape Colony Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-31
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