Battle of Callantsoog
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The Battle of Callantsoog was an amphibious landing by a British invasion force under Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Lord Adam Duncan near Callantsoog during the Anglo-Russian inv
1799 painting of the battle
British troops landing at Callantsoog
Batavian troops firing at advancing British soldiers during the battle
Abercromby, Adam Duncan and Andrew Mitchell landing at Callantsoog after the battle's conclusion
Admiral of the White Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan was a Royal Navy officer who served in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He is best
Battle of Callantsoog
…Groote Keeten) (27 August 1799) was an amphibious landing by a British invasion force under Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Lord Adam Duncan near Callantsoog during the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in 1799. Despite strong opposition by troops of the Batavian Republic under Lieutenant-General…
Portrait by John Hoppner, c. 1798
1792 portrait of Duncan by Henri-Pierre Danloux
Duncan speaks to his crew to persuade them not to join the mutiny
Statue of Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan, Scottish National Portrait Gallery