<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" id="mwZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: British forces <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Sint_Eustatius" id="mwaA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Capture of Sint Eustatius">seize</a> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Republic" id="mwaQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch</a>-owned Caribbean island <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sint_Eustatius" id="mwag" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sint Eustatius">Sint Eustatius</a>.