Herman Willem Daendels
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Herman Willem Daendels was a Dutch military officer and colonial administrator who served as governor-general of the Dutch East Indies from 1808 to 1811.
Portrait by Raden Saleh, 1838
General Daendels Taking Leave of Lieutenant-Colonel Krayenhoff (1795)
View on Beshenkovichi, From J. North (2005) Napoleon's Army in Russia: The Illustrated Memoirs of Albrecht Adam – 1812. Pen & Sword Books. Plate 21.
The invasion of the Spice Islands was a military invasion by British forces that took place between February and August 1810 on and around the Dutch owned Maluku Islands also known as the Spice Island
Herman Willem Daendels
…he accumulated personal wealth during his time in office. Despite his efforts to bolster defenses, Daendels was unsuccessful in halting the British invasion of the Spice Islands in 1810. During the incorporation of the Kingdom of Holland into France in 1810, Daendels returned to Holland and resided in Paris by November 1811…
View of the Island of Banda Neira – captured by a force landed from a squadron under the Command of Captain Cole in the morning of 9 August 1810
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