the capture of Gibraltar in 1704. During this action, a successful attack was carried out against the fortress of Gibraltar by an 1800-strong brigade of Dutch and British Marines under the command of Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt. Both corps share this battle honour. The nickname of the Dutch Marines among their British Royal Marine counterparts is "Cloggies", a reference to the historic wearing of clogs by some Dutch people. Royal Navy Submarine Service officers taking the Submarine Command Course use a Dutch submarine simulator for part of the course. See also Foreign relations of the United Kingdom Foreign relations of the Netherlands List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to the Netherlands Dutch people in the United Kingdom List of Dutch Britons European Union–United Kingdom relations References Further reading Ashton, Nigel. Unspoken Allies: Anglo-Dutch Relations since 1780. . Google Books Horn, David Bayne. Great Britain and Europe in the eighteenth century (1967). Covers 1603–1702; pp. 86–110. Jones, James Rees. The Anglo-Dutch Wars of the Seventeenth Century (Routledge, 2013) Levy, Jack S. "The Rise and Decline of the Anglo-Dutch Rivalry, 1609–1689", pp. 172–200 in William R. Thompson, ed. Great power rivalries (1999) online Palmer, M. A. J. "The Military Revolution Afloat: The Era of the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the Transition to Modern Warfare at Sea". War in History (1997) 4#2. pp. 123–149. Raven, G. J. A., and Nicholas A. M. Rodger. Navies and Armies: The Anglo-Dutch Relationship in War and Peace, 1688–1988 (John Donald, 1990). Wigglesworth, Neil. Holland at War Against Hitler: Anglo-Dutch Relations, 1940–1945 (Psychology Press, 1990) Wilson, Charles Henry. Anglo-Dutch Commerce & Finance in the Eighteenth Century (1941) External links Our Kinsfolk in the Netherlands - "Always closely associated with Britain" Anglo-Dutch society A look into the long-lasting links between Britain and Holland forged during the war "England and the Netherlands: the ties between two nations" "William: A razor sharp cynic" United Kingdom Bilateral relations of the United Kingdom