punitive expedition to burn the village of Sant Esteve d'en Bas, whose inhabitants had refused to pay war contributions to the French army, when it was attacked...

MLD was formed in 1914, with the building of a seaplane base at De Mok, Texel, it developed slowly in the inter-war years due to limited budget. After...

a couple of days the Rifle Regiment was the first to be transported to Texel in four British frigates, which then returned to collect the 4th Regiment...

Bavaria and (significantly) Frederick William I of Brandenburg remained in the pay of France. Ever since Leopold I's intervention in the Franco-Dutch War, Louis...

restoration of forfeited estates, and the offer of similar or higher rank and pay if they wished to join William's army. Unaware of the location of Saint-Ruhe's...

John Churchill at the Black Swan in Tater-No/ler-Row*, ISBN 9780598006608 Bas, François de (1887). Prins Frederik Der Nederlanden en Zijn Tijd, vol. 1...

levying supplies and taxes from the occupied areas; towns that refused to pay, like Ceresole and Autrive were looted. When Imperial troops finally arrived...

English victory during the First Anglo-Dutch War Battle of Scheveningen (or Texel) 8–10 August – English victory during the First Anglo-Dutch War, Tromp killed...

Citadel could not be proceeded with immediately due to a lack of money to pay the workers. Vaudémont's role was to keep his field army between Villeroi...

troops cross into Tunisia. June 29 – The Battle of Texel is fought near the Dutch island of Texel, one of the West Frisian Islands. The French Navy force...