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Events on Friday 23 January 1795 1
1795Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den HelderFrench hussars capture warships trapped in iceA detachment of French cavalry captured a Dutch fleet of fourteen warships that had become icebound near Den Helder. The bloodless seizure, achieved by horsemen crossing frozen water, became one of the war's most unusual episodes. It confirmed French control of the collapsing Dutch Republic.