Campaign Aims and Expected Resistance
- When
- September–October 1787
- Where
- Utrecht and fortress cities
The campaign aimed to disempower Patriots and disarm the Free Corps; resistance was expected at Utrecht, Rhine fortifications, and fortress cities.
The invasion, under the Duke of Brunswick, aimed to disempower the Patriots, disarm the Free Corps, and reinstate William V as hereditary stadtholder. In theory the Prussians could expect resistance from Patriot troops in Utrecht, fortifications along the Rhine near Jutphaas and Vreeswijk (Free Corps and the Legion of Salm), and States Army garrisons at Woerden, Gorinchem, Naarden, Weesp, and The Hague, withdrawn from stadtholderial command in October 1786.
Sources
- Prussian invasion of Holland Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-22
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