battle, notable, Revolutionary and Napoleonic

Battle of Castricum

Name: Battle of Castricum
Start: 1799-10-06
Location: Q137926253, Netherlands

Battle of Castricum was a battle fought on 6 October 1799 at Q137926253, in what is now Netherlands. It was part of the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland. The recorded result: Franco-Batavian victory.

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Fought6 October 1799

WhereQ137926253, Netherlands52.543N, 4.654E

OutcomeFranco-Batavian victory

BelligerentsFrench Republic; Batavian RepublicagainstGreat Britain; Russian Empire

Part ofAnglo-Russian invasion of Holland1799

Record

Date	6 October 1799
Place	Q137926253, Netherlands 52.543N, 4.654E
Kind	Battle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Strength	25,700 (~19,000 engaged); 14,000; 5,000
Commanders	Guillaume Brune Dominique Vandamme Jean Boudet Michel-Marie Pacthod Herman Willem Daendels Henri Damas Bonhomme	Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany Ralph Abercromby John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham Sir Harry Burrard, 1st Baronet, of Lymington Magnus Gustav von Essen

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Baduhenna Wood AD 28, 7.0 km NE
Siege of Alkmaar 1573, 11 km NE
Battle of Alkmaar 1799, 12 km NE
Battle of Bergen 1799, 14 km N
Siege of Haarlem 1572, 18 km S

In the same war

Before: Battle of Callantsoog 27 August 1799

Elsewhere in 1799

Battle of Castricum 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 Q370376, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Castricum, revision 1385232339, 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.