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Mutiny and retreat amid British naval pressure in 1799
Counter-Admiral Story reports mutiny aboard multiple Dutch ships during a tense withdrawal before the English fleet at the Vlie and Texel roads. He details crews refusing to fight, discipline attempts, and a demand to salute the English, leaving the fleet effectively prisoners of war as mutinous unrest spreads among the ships Washington Utrecht Batavier and others. He vows to await further government decisions and promises fuller accounts.
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Story
Washington
Helder
Revolution
Union
Texel
Vieter
Wan Ae Capelte
Republic
van de Capelle
Capri
Vax Braam
de Yong
Zyll
Crlf
Viterer
Vax de Capelle
Ancher
Tgaren
von de Capellin
Utrecht
van Braam
de Yong S
van Senden
Batavier
van ¢¢ Capeslen
Ds Yorg
C? Devant
Pnn
S. Storey
Council OF Five Hundred
Amsterdam
the Hague
Dutch Marine
Zuyder Zee
Storey
England
Toulon
North Holland