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Battle of Alkmaar

Battle of Alkmaar was a battle fought on 2 October 1799 at Alkmaar, in what is now Netherlands. It was part of the War of the Second Coalition, which ran from 1798 to 1802. The recorded result: Anglo-Russian victory.

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Battle of Alkmaar, 6 October 1799 (cover of the Chocolat Louit chocolate brand)
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Fought2 October 1799
WhereAlkmaar, Netherlands52.634N, 4.746E
OutcomeAnglo-Russian victory
BelligerentsFrance; Batavian RepublicagainstKingdom of Great Britain; Russian Empire
Part ofWar of the Second Coalition1798 to 1802

Where it sits in the War of the Second Coalition

Action of 15 July 1798, 1798Battle of Salahieh, 1798Battle of St. George's Caye, 1798Siege of Butrint, 1798Battle of Nicopolis, 1798Siege of Corfu, 1798Battle of Trebbia, 1799Siege of Ancona, 1799Battle of Ostrach, 1799Battle of Feldkirch, 1799Battle of Stockach, 1799Siege of Mantua, 1799Battle of Magnano, 1799Battle of Cassano, 1799Battle of Frauenfeld, 1799Battle of Winterthur, 1799First Battle of Zurich, 1799Battle of Modena, 1799Siege of Alessandria, 1799Battle of Oberwald, 1799Battle of Schwyz, 1799Battle of Novi, 1799Battle of Krabbendam, 1799Battle of Mannheim, 1799Second Battle of Zurich, 1799Battle of Gotthard Pass, 1799Battle of Muottental, 1799Battle of Alkmaar, 1799Battle of Genola, 1799Battle of Obrigheim, 1799Battle of Wiesloch, 1799Battle of Walserfeld, 1800Battle of Sassello, 1800Siege of Genoa, 1800Rhine crossing near Rheinklingen (1800), 1800Battle of Stockach, 1800Battle of Engen, 1800Battle of Messkirch, 1800Battle of Erbach, 1800Battle of Montebello, 1800Battle of Höchstädt, 1800Battle of Neuburg, 1800Battle of Hohenlinden, 1800Battle of Pozzolo, 1800Battle of Copenhagen, 1801First Battle of Algeciras, 1801Second Battle of Algeciras, 1801Battle of Suriname, 180417981804Battle of Alkmaar, 1799
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Record

Date2 October 1799
PlaceAlkmaar, Netherlands
52.634N, 4.746E
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength25,000 (22,000 engaged, inclusive of 12,000 French and 10,000 Batavians)40,000 (30,000 engaged, inclusive of 21,700 British and 8,300 Russians); 7 gunboats (under Popham's disposal)
Casualties and losses3,000 killed, wounded or captured; 7 cannon2,200 killed or wounded; at least 1,500 British; at least 500 Russians
Commanders
Battle of AlkmaarBattle of AlkmaarSiege of AlkmaarBattle of Baduhenna WoodBattle of BergenBattle of CastricumBattle of KrabbendamBattle of BergenBattle of CastricumBattle of KrabbendamThe HagueRotterdamGroningenEssenEindhovenEmdenArnhem's-Hertogenbosch100 km52.634N, 4.746E
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Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between AD 28 and 1799.

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Elsewhere in 1799

Battle of Alkmaar is one of 2,009 engagements of the 18th century in the atlas and one of 237 in present-day Netherlands.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1933601, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Alkmaar (1799), revision 1385232422, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.