After an extraordinary charge across the frozen <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuiderzee" id="mweQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Zuiderzee">Zuiderzee</a>, the French cavalry <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_the_Dutch_fleet_at_Den_Helder" id="mweg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder">captured 14 Dutch ships and 850 guns</a>, in a rare occurrence of a battle between ships and cavalry.