Britain <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_the_Cape_Colony_(1795)" id="mwTQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Invasion of the Cape Colony (1795)">seizes</a> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Cape_Colony" id="mwTg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dutch Cape Colony">Dutch Cape Colony</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Africa" id="mwTw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Southern Africa">southern Africa</a> to prevent its use by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavian_Republic" id="mwUA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Batavian Republic">Batavian Republic</a>.