Battle of Blanc-Nez and Gris-Nez
The Battle of Gris-Nez and Blanc-Nez was a naval engagement between a combined Batavian-French flotilla under Carel Hendrik Ver Huell and a larger British squadron under Lord Keith during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815). The Batavian-French flotilla was able to repulse the British fleet and successfully reached Boulogne-sur-Mer.
The Battle of Gris-Nez and Blanc-Nez, 18 July 1805 by Martinus Schouman
The Batavian fleet in Vlissingen, 1804
The engagement near Ostend, 1804
Carel Hendrik Ver Huell.
The Batavian Republic was the successor state to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. It was proclaimed on 19 January 1795 and ended on 5 June 1806, with the accession of Louis Bonaparte to the Dutch throne. From October 1801 onward, it was known as the Batavian Commonwealth. Both names refer to the Germanic tribe of the Batavi, representing both the Dutch ancestry and their ancient quest for liberty in their nationalistic lore.
A portrait of William V of Orange-Nassau
Naval flag and pennants of the Batavian Republic. The canton features the Netherlands Maiden.
Herman Willem Daendels (1762–1818)
In The first Kiss this Ten Years! —or—the meeting of Britannia & Citizen François (1803), James Gillray caricatured the peace between France and Britain.