Ten Days’ Campaign

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Ten Days’ Campaign was a brief 1831 military offensive by the Netherlands aimed at crushing the nascent Belgian state during the Belgian Revolution.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf 1831 in military history
military campaign
alternateName Tien-daagse Veldtocht
armedForcesSize tens of thousands of troops involved
belligerent Kingdom of the Netherlands
Provisional Government of Belgium
chronology occurred after Belgian declaration of independence
occurred after the July Revolution of 1830
commander King Leopold I of Belgium
Prince Frederik of the Netherlands
Prince William II of the Netherlands
conflict Belgian Revolution
conflictType interstate war episode
country Kingdom of the Netherlands
describedBySource Belgian national histories
Dutch military histories
endTime 1831-08-12
followedBy Treaty of London (1839)
goal to crush the nascent Belgian state
to restore Dutch control over Belgium
hasCause Belgian Revolution
secession of Belgium from the Netherlands
hasEffect consolidation of Belgian independence
demonstrated limits of Dutch military solution
involves Belgian Army
Dutch Army
French Army
languageOfAlternateName Dutch
location Antwerp region
Belgium
Limburg
North Brabant NERFINISHED
notableFor French diplomatic and military intervention
brief duration of about ten days
failure to reverse Belgian secession
opposedBy French Army of the North
outcome status quo largely maintained in Belgium
partOf Belgian Revolution
result Dutch tactical victories
Dutch withdrawal
French intervention in favor of Belgium
significantEvent Battle of Hasselt
Battle of Leuven
startTime 1831-08-02
temporalClassification 19th-century conflict

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Belgian Revolution
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