The Wilmington morning star., 1945-08-14

Weiland and P. F. Hees were given
commissions as second lieutenants
in their own organization.
One of the most widely-celebrat-
ed holidays in Holland, the birth
day of Crown Princess Juliana,
was observed April 30, with a
dance. Their greatest celebration
is being planned for August 81,
the birthday of the Patriot Queen
Wilhemina, mother of Juliana and
head of the ruling house of the
Netherlands.
Because of the geographical To-
cation and Typographical peculiari-
ties of the low countries, with their
many waters and canals, the
Dutch are natural Marines, SOL
diers of the Sea-" For centuries
they have learned how to fight on
sea as well as land.
After their first four-day sea
battle in June, 1866, against the
English, the Netherlands Marines
participated in a tWo-day sea bat
tie August As of that year. An
expedition to Chatham, conquering
fort at Shee~ness and a bat
tie off Selebay form outstanding
achievements of their first year.
Two regiment of Marines were then
assigned to the Dutch Navy; so
companies of Marines fought on
land. Their first commander of
the corps, Joseph Willem Baron
van Genth, persisted that first year
In 1867 a treaty was signed by
England and Holland, to conclude
the war which had been started by
Oliver Cromwell and renewed by
King Charles II of England as the
first of the commercial struggles
taking the place of the religious
conflicts of earlier periods. The
two nations had been evenly match
ed on the sea, but the English
had seized some of the West In
dies Islands from the Dutch in
1864 as we'll as their colony on the
important. Manhattan Island, with
New Amsterdam renamed New
York in honor of the kings brother
the Duke of York. The 1867 treaty
confirmed these conquests.
On Oct. II, 1872, in battle off
Woerden Lieutenant-Colonel Fran
co.'s Palm, in command of 400
Dutch Marines, drove four French
companies in flight, recaptured a
lost banner and took one from the
enemy. A year later they made
the first breach under Colonel
Palms direction and Naarden was
captured from the F1enchmen.
Colonel Palm was killed Aug
II, 1874, along with heavy casual
ties of other officers and men If
battle off Seneffe. But pre-
viously New York had been cap
tured under Captain Co1ve, ane
, later the fort of Cayenne wa!
taken by company of Marine!
after a successful assault-attacl
under Captain indal.
During the first decade of tn,
18th century, the English ant
Dutch combined on an expedition
to Spain. On Aug. Is, 1902 Lieu
tenant Goovert de Vooght and a
Marines by a quick attack seize'
a battery of three guns near Cdiz il
pioneer amphibious landing. Ii
1904, English and Dutch Marine
captured Gibraltar. Two years late
the Dutch Leathernecks took Bar
!. celona.
!, In 1884 Dutch Marines landed il
. the Malay peninsula. In an ex
!, petition against Salangoor 400 me1
!, died from fevers. In 1916 the.
bombarded Algeria. After an I'm
successful attack on Palembant
in 1919, they captured that plac
June "a, 1921.
: From time to time during tn,
18th century they operated at far
flung posts, as Celebes, Ngaw
, and elsewhere In a battle in Bel
GUM in 1890 they inspired frigh
under the name of ''Hoedjesman
men," Hatemen). There were three
expeditions to Bali, 1S46-4e, and at
ter fights against the Chinese OF
Borneo they captured Montrad'
} there in 1854.
From 1890 to 1903 the Dutcl
Marines sent expeditions to Ed
Tanning, Lombok, Pedit, Djamb1
: Flores, Boni and Bali. They Wer
. sent countless times to all part
2 of the world to defend or to plan
2 by force the Netherlands flag.
More recently detachment Q
Y Netherlands Marines was sent i
1929 to the West Indies after tn
: affair Of Urbina; two companle
] of Marines went in December, 1884
: to the Saar territory as a part G
e the International Army, before
e during and after the election there
: and Marines were also sent, t
Shanghai on board Hr. Ms. 7a
S Galen with the beginning OF tn
:. Chinese-Japanese was as a flag
: sight and as safeguard for tn