Battle of Krabbendam

Battle of Krabbendam
Part of Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland
Date 10 September 1799 Location Krabbendam, The Netherlands 52°49′00″N 4°46′12″E / 52.8167°N 4.7700°E / 52.8167; 4.7700 Result British victory
Belligerents
France  Batavian Republic	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Guillaume Marie Anne Brune Herman Willem Daendels	Ralph Abercromby
Strength
25,000	23,000
Casualties and losses
1,876 dead and wounded	37 dead 147 wounded

The Battle of Krabbendam (also called the Battle of Zijpedijk) of 10 September 1799 was fought during the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland between forces of the French Republic and her ally, the Batavian Republic, under the command of French general Guillaume Marie Anne Brune on one side, and a British division under general Sir Ralph Abercromby on the other. The British division had established a bridgehead in the extreme north of the North-Holland peninsula after the Battle of Callantsoog (1799). Brune tried to dislodge them before they could be reinforced by further Anglo-Russian forces, but the British prevailed. This enabled the British and their Russian allies to land their expeditionary force and to break out of the bridgehead during the Battle of Bergen (1799).