Cavalry captures a fleet at Den Helder

Name: Cavalry captures a fleet at Den Helder
Start: 1795
Location: Den Helder

1795 · Den Helder · Europe · War

Hussars capture a warfleet frozen in the ice

Cavalry captures a fleet at Den Helder — Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

In the harsh winter of 1795 the Dutch fleet was frozen in at Den Helder. On the night of 23 January French hussars approached across the ice, and 14 warships surrendered without a fight — one of the rare times in history that cavalry captured a fleet.

State: Dutch Republic, Dutch Republic

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In 1795 cavalry captured a navy. Dutch warships were frozen in at Den Helder, and French hussars rode up across the ice — 14 ships surrendered without a fight. Dutch historians, though, call it more a parley than a charge. Share →

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