| Raid on Essequibo and Demerara | |||||||
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| Part of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War | |||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Map_of_Demerara,_1759.jpg) A 1759 map of Demerara | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Great Britain |
 Dutch Republic | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 6 privateers | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None | 14–15 merchant vessels captured | ||||||
The raid on Demerara and Essequibo took place between 24 and 27 February 1781 in the context of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780–1784). Six British privateers entered the rivers and captured 15 Dutch merchant ships before withdrawing.