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Map of the Battle of Muizenberg

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Map of the Battle of Muizenberg

Anoniem / Anonymous

Title Leupe: " "Kaart van de situatie tusschen baaij Fals en de Groote Wijnbergh aan de Caap de Goede Hoop, tot elucidatie van de ataque en verovering van deze possessie enz. voor den Koning van Engeland 16 September 1795."

This map shows the first British invasion of Cape Town by the Admiral George Keith Elphinstone between August and September 1795, or more precisely the events occuring on 16 September 1795. The red dots and triangles show the military formations and the annotations at the lower left indicate the different positions of the British and Dutch troops in various stages of the battle

Scale-bar 1 : 50.000.

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