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Thursday, 9 September 2021

Dutch combat engineers leaving Dordrecht, Netherlands according to the Dutch newspaper Groningen courant dated 15 February 1839

An item dated Dordrecht the 11th reported that the same afternoon the corps Pontonniers (combat engineers specialized in building bridges using pontoons) departed Dordrecht with a scale of vessels. The complete train was towed by the tug Frederik van Pruissen owned by the Nederlandsche Stoombootmaatschappij.