Battle of Saldanha Bay

The capitulation of Saldanha Bay was the surrender to the British of a Batavian expeditionary force sent to recapture the Dutch Cape Colony in 1796. In 1795, early in the War of the First Coalition, French troops overran the Dutch Republic which then became a French client state, the Batavian Republic. Great Britain was concerned by the threat that the Cape Colony posed to its trade routes to British India. It therefore sent an expeditionary force that landed at Simon's Town in June 1795 and forced the surrender of the colony in a short campaign. British Vice-Admiral Sir George Elphinstone, then reinforced the garrison and stationed a naval squadron at the Cape Colony to protect it.

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1796  Wikidata
battle, Kingdom of Great Britain, 

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Location: -33.0347, 18.0097, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1796 Battle of Saldanha Bay

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1781 Battle of Saldanha Bay

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1815 Slachter's Nek Rebellion

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1850 — 1853 Eighth Xhosa War

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1795	Cape Colony		Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1781	Battle of Saldanha Bay	Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1796	Battle of Saldanha Bay	Kingdom of Great Britain, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1815	Slachter's Nek Rebellion	rebellion	Wikidata
event	war	1850	Eighth Xhosa War	war	Wikidata