Battle of Bergen (1799)

Battle of Bergen
Part of French Revolutionary Wars
Date 19 September 1799 Location Bergen, Netherlands Result French-Dutch victory
Belligerents
France  Batavian Republic	Great Britain  Russia
Commanders and leaders
Guillaume Marie Anne Brune Herman Willem Daendels	Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany Johann Hermann von Fersen
Strength
22,000	30,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown killed and wounded, 3,000 taken prisoner, 16 guns captured	117 killed, 410 wounded, 490 missing 1,785 killed, 1,225 wounded

The Battle of Bergen, also called the Battle of Bergen-Binnen, was fought on 19 September 1799, and resulted in a French-Dutch victory under General Brune and General Daendels against the Russians and British under the Duke of York who had landed in North Holland. The battlefield is marked by the Russisch Monument (1902).

The Duke of York landed on 15 September, and assumed the command of the army, which now amounted to about 30,000 men with 1,200 light cavalry. On 19 September the forces, under the Duke of York, formed in four columns, moved forward from Schagerbrug.

At this period the Allies possessed a superiority of force with which it was decided to strike a decisive blow as early as possible. The Dutch, numbering 12,000, were in a strong position around Langedijk, somewhat in advance of the French, who, by drawing in all detachments, had raised their field strength to 10,000 men, who were positioned in Alkmaar, Bergen, Schoorl, and Egmond aan Zee.

Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany

   MG Sir John Moore

   MG the Earl of Cavan

   MG the Earl of Chatham

   Col. MacDonald

1st Division
     LTG Jerepsoff

   Col. Count Fersen

   Col. Dublanski

2nd Division
     LTG Ivan Essen

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