Colour of the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry of the Line, Army of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Holland, 1809 (c)
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Accession Number
NAM.1984-10-121-1
Description
Colour, Dutch 1st Bn 5th Infantry of the Line, Army of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Holland, 1809 (c) Captured at Flushing during the abortive Walcheren Expedition of 1809 and presented to Gen Sir Eyre Coote who deposited it at St Andrews Church, Rockbourne, Hampshire. From a collection of items associated with Gen Sir Eyre Coote, 5th Infantry of the Line, 1st Bn Netherlands Forces, 1809.
Events
Walcheren, Expedition to, 1809 (Napoleonic Wars, Holland 1809)