Battle of Flushing

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Flushing was a 1809 British amphibious assault and bombardment against the French-held Dutch port of Flushing during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Label	Occurrences
Siege of Flushing	2
Battle of Flushing canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Flushing ⓘ surface form: Siege of Flushing
belligerent	British Army ⓘ Dutch garrison ⓘ French Army ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ
conflict	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryInvolved	First French Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Holland ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
endDate	1809-08-15 ⓘ
hasCategory	Battles involving France ⓘ Battles involving the Netherlands ⓘ Battles involving the United Kingdom ⓘ Battles of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
hasCommander	François Étienne de Rosily-Mesros ⓘ Jean-Baptiste Bernardotte ⓘ John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham ⓘ Monnet de Lorbeau ⓘ Sir Richard Strachan ⓘ
hasLocation	Flushing ⓘ Kingdom of Holland ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Vlissingen ⓘ Walcheren Island ⓘ Zeeland ⓘ
hasResult	British victory ⓘ
hasYear	1809 ⓘ
isPartOfHistoryOf	France ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
militaryOperationType	amphibious assault ⓘ naval bombardment ⓘ
namedAfter	Flushing ⓘ
objective	neutralization of French naval base at Flushing ⓘ seizure of the port of Flushing ⓘ
outcome	capture of Flushing by British forces ⓘ
partOf	Walcheren Campaign ⓘ War of the Fifth Coalition ⓘ
resultedIn	heavy damage to the town of Flushing ⓘ surrender of the French and Dutch garrison ⓘ
startDate	1809-08-13 ⓘ
strategicContext	British attempt to open a new front against Napoleonic France ⓘ British effort to destroy French naval forces and dockyards at Antwerp and Flushing ⓘ
timePeriod	early 19th century ⓘ
usedTactic	bombardment of coastal fortifications ⓘ landing of troops from transports ⓘ
usedWeapon	naval artillery ⓘ siege artillery ⓘ

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Walcheren Campaign → hasPart → Battle of Flushing ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Flushing

Battle of Flushing → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Flushing ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Flushing