Battle of Ravels

The Battle of Ravels was a skirmish during the Ten Days' Campaign at the end of the Belgian Revolution. This battle took place on 3 August 1831.

Battle of Ravels
Part of the Ten Days' Campaign, and Belgian Revolution

Prince William leading troops at the Battle of Ravels.
Date3 August 1831
Location
Ravels, Belgium
Result Dutch victory
Belligerents
 Netherlands  Belgian rebels
Commanders and leaders
Netherlands Prince William Belgium Genmaj Niëllon
Strength
800 soldiers[1] 1000-1200 soldiers[2][3]
Casualties and losses
2 dead, 25 wounded[4] 5 dead, 12 wounded[5]

Following the declaration of Belgian independence, the Prince of Orange led an army to recapture territory lost to the Netherlands. The first battle of the campaign took place in Ravels.

The outnumbered Dutch forces fought against Belgian separatists. A contemporary account said, "They screamed forwards with God and orange!; when they spotted the enemy they fought in a street and managed to drive the Belgians out the Dutch stood like walls, and fought like lions."[6]

References
  1. Gedrukte en geschreven stukken betreffende de Leidsche jagers, 1830-1831, verschenen van 1830-1886 Volume 4 (in Dutch). 1876. p. 74.
  2. Gedrukte en geschreven stukken betreffende de Leidsche jagers, 1830-1831, verschenen van 1830-1886 Volume 4 (in Dutch). 1876. p. 75.
  3. Van der Vyver, C. (1832). De Roem des Vaderlands gehandhaafd in 1831. Of Beknopt verhaal der jongste Gebeurtenissen in het Koningrijk der Nederlanden Eene Gedenkzuil voor de Jeugd (in Dutch). Ferrari. p. 70.
  4. Walthuis, W. "De Tiendaagse Veldtocht 2 tot 12 augustus 1831 Een relativering na anderhalve eeuw" (PDF). kvbk (in Dutch). p. 6.
  5. Walthuis, W. "De Tiendaagse Veldtocht 2 tot 12 augustus 1831 Een relativering na anderhalve eeuw" (PDF). kvbk (in Dutch). p. 6.
  6. Van der Vyver, C. (1832). De Roem des Vaderlands gehandhaafd in 1831. Of Beknopt verhaal der jongste Gebeurtenissen in het Koningrijk der Nederlanden Eene Gedenkzuil voor de Jeugd (in Dutch). Ferrari. p. 70.


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