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Camperdown, battle of
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Camperdown, battle of, 1797. Camperdown is a coastal village in Holland about 10 miles north-west of Alkmaar. Some 10 to 18 miles offshore the Dutch fleet was defeated by a British fleet under the command of Admiral
Duncan on 11 October 1797. By then the Dutch, as the Batavian Republic, were effectively under the rule of revolutionary France, and their navy had been designated to assist in an invasion of Ireland. In strength there was little to choose between the opponents, and there was a bravery on both sides which recalled the great 17th-cent. encounters. Both Dutch flagships and nine other ships were taken during a 2½-hour action, more than half their force. Duncan's ships sustained heavy damage but none was lost, and the victory was the more notable because Duncan's watch on the Dutch had been earlier hampered by the
Nore mutiny.
David Denis Aldridge
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SOME DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF A CAMPERDOWN ELM
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WANTED: CAMPERDOWN ELM AND WEEPING LARCH, BOTH OLD
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 10/17/1999; ; 700+ words
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Oly: Five time Olympic equestrian carries torch at Camperdown
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Vic:Pedestrian killed in Camperdown
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 10/28/2001; 177 words
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Bolt opens track season at Camperdown Classics
Newspaper article from: The Weekly Gleaner; 2/5/2009; ; 430 words
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Camperdown killers to be sentenced.(News)
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Camperdown May Be Declared Disaster Area.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 9/26/2000; 700+ words
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Camperdown pounds 81,000.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 12/1/2005; 337 words
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Police arrest six in raid on Camperdown farm for shellfish smuggling.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mercury (South Africa); 4/12/2007; 460 words
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NSW: Man charged with murder over Camperdown shooting
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Camperdown
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Camperdown , Du. Kamperduin [the dune of Kamp], locality near the village of Kamp, North Holland prov., NW Netherlands, on the North Sea. In 1797 the British defeated the Dutch in a naval battle off Camperdown.
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Camperdown, battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Camperdown, battle of, 1797. Camperdown is a coastal village in Holland. Offshore the Dutch fleet was defeated by a British fleet under the command of Admiral Duncan on 11 October 1797. By then the Dutch were effectively under the rule of revolutionary...
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Camperdown, Battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Camperdown, Battle of (11 October 1797) A naval battle fought off the coast of Holland in which the British fleet destroyed the Dutch fleet. The Dutch tried to lure the British commander on to the shoals, but he accepted the risk, chased them, and captured nine ships.
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Duncan, Adam
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...Adamant being restive. His subsequent defeat of the Dutch off Camperdown was testimony to the North Sea squadron's fundamental patriotism...qualities of humane leadership. He was created Viscount Duncan of Camperdown; an earldom was conferred on his heir 30 years after his...
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Ngubane, Ben 1941–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...October 22, 1941 at the Inchanga Roman Catholic Mission at Camperdown in the KwaZulu-Natal province. He attended school at St...Baldwin Sipho Ngubane on October 22, 1941 in Inchanga Mission, Camperdown, KwaZulu-Natal province (then known as Zululand); married...
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