Prussian invasion of Holland
| Prussian invasion of Holland | |||||||||
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| Part of the Patriot era | |||||||||
Prussian troops entering the Leidsepoort of Amsterdam on 10 October 1787. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Kingdom of Prussia Orangists |
States of Holland Patriots | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Duke of Brunswick William V of Orange |
Herman Daendels Alexander Philip van der Capellen Rhinegrave of Salm Jean Baptiste Ternant | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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20,000 Prussians 6,000 Orangists | 20,000 Patriot volunteers, Legion of Salm | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 211 deaths (71 killed, 140 died of disease) | Unknown | ||||||||
The Prussian invasion of Holland was a military campaign under the leadership of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, against the rise of the democratic Patriot movement in the Dutch Republic in September–October 1787 with the aim of disempowering the patriots and disarming the Free Corps, as well as reinstating William V of Orange as hereditary stadtholder in the Dutch Republic.