Bombardment of Algiers, 1816, The bombardment of the city of Algiers by a united British and Dutch squadron under the command of Lord Exmouth and Baron van der Capelle, on the night of August 26 to 27, 1816. Under the plate a sheet with the names and signatures from a group of people who declare that the representation of the bombardment is in accordance with the truth, made at the Remembrance Day celebration in Amsterdam on August 27, 1850. Below that on the same sheet are the names and signatures of five naval officers who were present at the bombardment and the subsequent liberation of

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