He married Anna Maria Brascamp (1768-1802), from which marriage on 31 August 1792 in Willemstad a daughter, Dorothea Amalia Jeannette (1791), and a son, Johan Philip (1792), were born.

The greater part of the battalion's officers were court-martialed, but acquitted when the inquiry showed that they had made their best efforts to stem the confusion and stop the retreat.

[3] Had Anthing's battalion proved less reliable in this moment of weakness, it restored its reputation brilliantly in the battle of Bergen shortly afterwards, on 19 September, when, preceded by its commander, it passed over the bridge at Schoorldam, and, with heavy loss, forced the British defenders to give way.

From there he went with a Batavian division (headed by General Dumonceau), under the overall command of Marmont, to participate in Germany and Austria in the War of the Third Coalition.

[3] At the beginning of the year 1810 Antingh was military governor of the fortress town of Breda, when in the waning days of the Kingdom of Hollannd, he was faced with a dilemma.

Marshal Oudninot appeared before the fortress at the head of a strong force of French troops and demanded the surrender of the place.

It soon became apparent, however, that this would not be possible, and when Napoleon had landed in Golfe-Juan on 1 March 1815, and had reached Paris in 20 days, it was understood that the Indies Brigade, already assembled, would remain in Europe for the time being.

[g] When the decision there had fallen against Napoleon, the Indies Brigade took an active part in the containment and capture of the fortresses of le Quesnoy, Valenciennes and Condé.

On 15 August, Prince Frederick took leave of Anthing and the officers of his brigade at Curgies (as well as Valenciennes) whereupon the march back to the fatherland was begun.

[5] On 29 October 1815, the small navy squadron, which was to transport the first KNIL army commander with the first troops from the new United Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Asiatic possessions, sailed from Texel.

Though troops of the Indies Brigade, among them captain Meijer, now promoted to major, took part in the suppression of the insurrection at Ambon and Saparua, Anthing was not personally involved in that campaign.

[i] On 23 January 1818, he was honorably discharged from his post, although he continued to perform his functions for some time afterwards, returning to the Netherlands only in 1819, where he was retired on 18 April 1820.