English cartoon on the Dutch after the defeat of the Batavian fleet under Vice Admiral De Winter against the British fleet at the Battle of Crested Dunes on October 11, 1797. On a throne sits a pipe-smoking Dutchman dressed in a king's robe, around the table a group of men are gathered. All are outraged at the bad news of defeat in the naval battle brought by a messenger. In the background, a Frenchman takes some snuff from a box. On the table are two documents: a map of France with Holland as 'Departement 85' and a plan for the invasion of England and recapture of lost colonies, Cartoon on

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