The Dutch-Algerian War and the Rise of British Shipping to Southern Europe (1715-1726)

In 1715, just two years after the United Provinces had been able to conclude the War of Spanish Succession, the Republic received a declaration of war from the Regency of Algiers. The disastrous results for Dutch shipping and trade in Southern Europe forced the conflict-weary Republic to wage a war of attrition. Only with great difficulties were the Dutch finally able to ‘defeat’ the Algerians after a long conflict in the Western Mediterranean and to conclude a long-lasting peace in 1726. The war years had meanwhile allowed British shipping to rise to dominance in the profitable carrying trade... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Ressel, Magnus
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Verlag/Hrsg.: Centre de la Méditerranée moderne et contemporaine
Schlagwörter: Méditerranée / navigation / commerce / corsaires barbaresques / Provinces-Unies / Grande-Bretagne / guerre / Mediterranean / shipping / trade / Barbary corsairs / United Provinces / Great Britain / cultural contact
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In 1715, just two years after the United Provinces had been able to conclude the War of Spanish Succession, the Republic received a declaration of war from the Regency of Algiers. The disastrous results for Dutch shipping and trade in Southern Europe forced the conflict-weary Republic to wage a war of attrition. Only with great difficulties were the Dutch finally able to ‘defeat’ the Algerians after a long conflict in the Western Mediterranean and to conclude a long-lasting peace in 1726. The war years had meanwhile allowed British shipping to rise to dominance in the profitable carrying trade between Northern and Southern Europe, a position that the British held until the outbreak of the Revolutionary wars at the end of the eighteenth century. The Dutch-Algerian war of 1715-1726 can be considered among the key conflicts of the early modern age. It was one of the main causes of a structural shift of shipping hegemony from the Dutch Republic to Great Britain. ; En 1715, deux ans seulement après avoir pu mettre fin à la guerre de Succession d’Espagne, les Provinces-Unies reçoivent une déclaration de guerre de la régence d’Alger. Les conséquences sont désastreuses pour la navigation et le commerce hollandais en Europe du Sud. La République, pourtant affaiblie par de longues années de conflit, est obligée de mener une nouvelle guerre épuisante. Ce n’est qu’avec grande difficulté que les Hollandais parviennent enfin à battre les Algériens en Méditerranée occidentale et à conclure une paix durable en 1726. Pendant ces longues années de guerre, les Britanniques s’imposent et s’emparent désormais des profits du transport maritime entre l’Europe du Nord et l’Europe du Sud – une position qu’ils conservent jusqu’au début des guerres révolutionnaires, à la fin du dix-huitième siècle. Nous pouvons considérer la guerre entre Alger et les Provinces-Unies de 1715-1726 comme l’un des conflits cruciaux de l’époque moderne, et comme l’une des principales causes du passage de l’hégémonie maritime de la Hollande à la Grande-Bretagne.