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Title
The bitter cup must be drunk to the bottom.
Description
Battle of Blaauwberg
Subject
Source
Publisher
Date
1806-01-08
Scenario#
AN04
Location
Cape Town, South Africa
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Blaauwberg, also known as the Battle of Cape Town, fought near Cape Town on Wednesday 8 January 1806, was a small but significant military engagement. After a British victory, peace was made under the Treaty Tree in Woodstock. It established British rule over the Dutch Cape Colony, which was to have many ramifications for the region during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The battle was an incident in Europe's Napoleonic Wars. At that time, the Cape Colony belonged to the Batavian Republic, a French vassal. Because the sea route around the Cape was important to the British, they decided to seize the colony in order to prevent it, and the sea route, from also coming under French control. A British fleet was despatched to the Cape in July 1805, to forestall French troopships which Napoleon had sent to reinforce the Cape garrison.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Battle of Blaauwberg
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Combatants
United Kingdom
Batavian Republic
Additional Information
War of the Third Coalition
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