Battles & Campaigns · 1799
Battle of Castricum
Castricum, North Holland, Netherlands
What happened
A British and Russian army had landed in North Holland. At Castricum, Russian troops captured the village of Bakkum, but Brune counterattacked and the village changed hands several times. British troops on the coast were driven back in the dunes, and fighting ended at nightfall.
Why it matters
Why it matters: It was a Franco-Batavian victory that ended any hope that the invasion would succeed.
What came next
The Convention of Alkmaar let the British and Russian troops leave Holland, and the last of them sailed away by 19 November 1799.
Did you know?
A house in Castricum still has a cannonball stuck in its wall, with a plaque about the battle.
Timeline
- 6 October 1799Battle of Castricum.
- October 1799Convention of Alkmaar.
- 19 November 1799The last invading troops leave.