Table of Contents
Maps vii
Acknowledgements xiv
Introduction xv
Chapter 1 A New Coalition 1
Chapter 2 The Secret Expedition 11
Chapter 3 Red Coats and Gherkins - The Anglo-Russian Army in 1799 22
Chapter 4 The Enemy - The Franco-Batavian Forces 32
Chapter 5 Callantsoog -The Landing 41
Chapter 6 The Vlieter Conspiracy - The Capture of the Fleet 49
Chapter 7 He Who Hesitates… Abercromby's Dilemma 56
Chapter 8 Krabbendam - Brune Counterattacks 65
Chapter 9 The Grand Old Duke of York - The Arrival of the Allied Commander 76
Chapter 10 Bergen -The Russian Attack 85
Chapter 11 The Other Columns - The British at Bergen 94
Chapter 12 The Battle of Egmond/Alkmaar - 2 October 1799 107
Chapter 13 Egmond - Battle of the Dunes 118
Chapter 14 Naval Operations 130
Chapter 15 The Battle of Castricum - Brune's Triumph 139
Chapter 16 Capitulation 151
Chapter 17 Opinions and Debate 158
Notes 164
Bibliography 184
Appendix I The Convention Between His Britannic Majesty and the Emperor of All the Russias, Signed at St. Petersburgh 22nd (11th) of June 1799 189
Appendix II British Order of Battle 191
Appendix III Russian Order of Battle 193
Appendix IV Franco-Batavian Order of Battle 194
Appendix V British Losses 198
Index 200
