Forced to make repairs , Sercey took Bringing his squadron to the allied Batavian city of Batavia , sheltering Placing there until January 1797 .

In 1794 , early in the French Revolutionary Wars , the army of the French Republic overran Conquering the Dutch Republic which then became Becoming a French client state , the Batavian Republic .

The Batavian operation did however force Request the cancellation Removing of a planned British invasion of Île de France .

The Invasion of Ceylon was a military campaign fought as a series of amphibious operations between the summer of 1795 and spring of 1796 between the garrison of the Batavian colonies on the Indian Ocean island of Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ) and a British invasion Attack force sent Sending from British India .

The Dutch Republic had been a British ally during the French Revolutionary Wars , but was overrun by the French Republic in the winter of 1794 and reformed Reforming_a_system into the client state Statement of the Batavian Republic .

The British government , working with the exiled Stadtholder William of Orange , ordered Arranging the seizure of Batavian assets including colonies of the former Dutch Empire .

To achieve Achieve the seizure of the colony , the British government instructed Causation Lord Hobart , Governor of Madras to use Using the forces at his disposal to invade Attack and capture Conquering the Batavian held Defending parts of the island .

Stuart called Name_conferral on Batavian governor Johan Van Angelbeek to surrender Surrendering the colony peacefully and many trading Commerce_sell posts were taken Conquering without resistance , but Stuart 's forces were opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act at Trincomalee in August 1795 and briefly at Colombo in February 1796 .

The Action of 22 August 1795 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter during the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter between a squadron of four British Royal Navy frigates and two frigates and a cutter from the Batavian Navy .

War Military_operation between Britain and the Batavian Republic began Process_start , undeclared , in the spring of 1795 after the Admiralty ordered Request British warships to intercept Attack Batavian shipping following the conquest Conquering of the Dutch Republic by the French Republic in January 1795 .

War Military_operation between Britain and the Batavian Republic began Process_start , undeclared , in the spring of 1795 after the Admiralty ordered Request British warships to intercept Attack Batavian shipping following the conquest Conquering of the Dutch Republic by the French Republic in January 1795 .

Closing to investigate Scrutiny , the ships were discovered Know to be a Batavian squadron of two frigates and a small cutter .

In the face of the larger British squadron the Batavian force turned Motion away , sailing Self_motion southeast along the Norwegian coast with the British approaching Motion_directional from the south in an effort to cut Removing them off from the neutral Danish shore .

Claas Jager ) ; the remainder of the British squadron continued in pursuit Aiming of the Batavian squadron .

The remainder of the Batavian squadron escaped Escaping due to a fierce rearguard action by the frigate `` Argo '' , reaching Arriving the safety of the Danish harbour at Eigerøya .

Two days later , rumours of Chinese atrocities Violence led Causation other Batavian ethnic groups to burn Chinese houses along Besar River and Dutch soldiers to fire Use_firearm cannon at Chinese homes .

The Action of 24 October 1798 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter of the French Revolutionary Wars Hostile_encounter , fought Hostile_encounter between a British Royal Navy frigate and two ships of the Batavian Navy .