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Vlieter incident
1799 CE · Netherlands, Europe · War
In the Vlieter incident of 30 August 1799 a Batavian Navy fleet under Schout-bij-nacht Samuel Story surrendered to the Royal Navy. The incident occurred during the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in the tidal trench between Texel and the mainland that was known as De Vlieter, near Wieringen.
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