Transport vessels for the British invasion of the Dutch Cape Colony (1795)
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Transport vessels for the British invasion of the Dutch Cape Colony (1795)
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In 1795 the British government decided to mount an Invasion of the Cape Colony. The Admiralty sent two battle squadrons to the Cape on 3 April 1795, one under Vice-Admiral Sir George Keith Elphinstone and the other under Commodore John Blankett, carrying a small expeditionary force of 515 soldiers from the 78th Regiment of Foot under Major-General Sir James Henry Craig. A larger force under General Alured Clarke was instructed to follow these squadrons on 15 May with troops and supplies for a lo
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