Guillaume Brune, commander of the Franco-Dutch troops

The Battle of Castricum took place on October 6, 1799, during the War of the Second Coalition against revolutionary France. The battle was fought near Castricum in The Netherlands between French and Dutch forces under the command of General Guillaume Brune en Herman Willem Daendels and British and Russian forces under the command of the Duke of York, Sir Ralph Abercromby and the Prince of Orange. Guillaume Marie Anne Brune (March 13, 1763 - August 2, 1815) was a marshal of France. ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The name Second Coalition (1798 - 1800) designates the second major concerted effort of multiple European powers to contain Revolutionary France. ... Castricum is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Beatrix  - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War   - Declared July 26, 1581   - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain... Guillaume Marie Anne Brune (March 13, 1763 - August 2, 1815) was a marshal of France. ... Herman Willem Daendels (October 21, 1762 - May 2, 1818) was a Dutch politician. ... The Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (Frederick Augustus) (16 August 1763 - 5 January 1827) was a member of the British Royal Family, the second eldest child, and second son of King George III. From 1820 until his death in 1827, he was the heir presumptive to his elder... Sir Ralph Abercromby (sometimes spelled Abercrombie) (October 7, 1734–March 28, 1801) was a British lieutenant-general noted for his services during the Napoleonic Wars. ... King William I of the Netherlands was born as Willem Frederik on 25 August 1772 in The Hague, acceded in 1813 and died 1843 in Berlin,Germany. ...

At this time, Holland was a French vassal state, the Batavian Republic. A puppet state is a state whose government, though notionally of the same culture as the governed people - owes its existence (or other major debt) to being installed, supported or controlled by a more powerful entity, typically a foreign power. ... From 1795 to 1806, the Batavian Republic (Bataafse Republiek in Dutch) designated the Netherlands as a republic modelled after the French Republic, to which it was a vassal state. ...

An Anglo-Russian force of 32,000 men landed in North Holland on August 27, 1799, captured the Duch fleet at Den Helder on August 30 and the city of Alkmaar on October 3. Capital Haarlem Queens Commissioner Mr. ... August 27 is the 239th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (240th in leap years), with 126 days remaining. ... Den Helder is located in the northmost point of North Holland, the Netherlands. ... August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... Accijnstoren, Alkmaar Alkmaar is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of Noord Holland. ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Following a series of smaller battles at Bergen on September 19 and other towns, a decisive battle was fought at Castricum on October 6 in which the allied forces were soundly defeated by the French and Dutch armies. The Battle of Bergen was fought on September 19, 1799, and resulted in a French-Dutch victory under General Brune and General Daendels against the Russians and British under the Duke of York who had landed in the North of Holland. ... September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in leap years). ...

The town of Castricum passed from British-Russian to Batavian-French hands several times until the former finally fled, losing 2536 men and 11 guns; the Batavian-French losses stood at 1382.

The battle of Castricum persuaded the Duke that his position was untenable. After a chaotic retreat, in which two field hospitals were "forgotten", the parties signed the Convention of Alkmaar on October 10 . The British and Russians were allowed to withdraw, without paying reparations, and retaining captured bounty. As thanks, Brune received a number of horses from the Duke. By 19 November all the British and Russian troops had been embarked and the expedition was over. October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ...

In the years following the 1799 invasion, defensive lines were constructed in Holland to protect Amsterdam from future invasions from the north. Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 741,329 (1 August 2006) Demonym Amsterdammer Coordinates Website www. ...

In the "Huis met de Kogel" (House with the Cannonball) in Castricum, a cannonball that got stuck in the wall during the battle can still be seen. A plaque beneath the cannonball commemorates the battle. Various locality names in Castricum also provide a reminder of the battle, like the Russenbergen dunes and the Doodelaan street. The Russisch Monument in Bergen marks the fighting there. The French victory was also commemorated on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris as "Alcmaer". — Arc de Triomphe by night The Arc de Triomphe is a monument in Paris that stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly the Place de lÉtoile, at the western end of the Champs-Élysées. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land...

See also

• Battle of Bergen
• French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1799

The Battle of Bergen was fought on September 19, 1799, and resulted in a French-Dutch victory under General Brune and General Daendels against the Russians and British under the Duke of York who had landed in the North of Holland. ... By 1799, the French Revolutionary Wars had resumed after a period of relative peace in 1798. ...

External links

• Anglo-Russian invasion of North Holland (1799)
• Noord-Holland 1799 (in Dutch)
• De Engels-Russische inval (in Dutch)