1802
Rule of Cape Colony
Britain returns Cape Colony to the Dutch
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Britain returns Cape Colony to the Dutch
Under the Treaty of Amiens Britain gives up the Cape Colony (occupied after Napoleon's invasion of the United Provinces in 1803), and much of the West Indies to the Batavian Republic, and also withdraws from Egypt
Britain's Cape Colony extends her borders north of the River Orange
Helps reorganise transport, supply and staff arrangements for Roberts's renewed British offensive.
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