Worthy of Praise: The Dutch Army in the War of Liberation and the Hundred Days 1813-1815

by Marc Geerdink-Schaftenaar

When the first hastily organized Dutch troops fought off the French at Breda in December 1813, their commander wrote that their behavior under fire had been worthy of praise. In order to prove to the allies the Dutch were willing and able to help drive away the French, a new army had to be built from scratch. When Napoleon returned from exile in 1815 and marched his army into the newly formed Kingdom of the Netherlands, he met a Netherlands contingent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1915070465
• ISBN13: 9781915070463
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 204 Pages