Walcheren (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɑlxərə(n)] ) is a region and former island in the Dutch province of Zeeland at the mouth of the Scheldt estuary. It...
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War of the Fifth Coalition: Walcheren Campaign 200km 125miles Walcheren 1 The Walcheren Campaign (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɑlxərə(n)]) was an unsuccessful...
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The Battle of Walcheren Causeway (Operation Vitality) was an engagement of the Battle of the Scheldt between the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade, elements...
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Waanders. ISBN 90 400 8830 6. Retrieved 23 April 2022. "Serooskerke (Walcheren)". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 April 2022. Ad van der Meer and...
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former municipality in the Dutch province of Zeeland, on the peninsula of Walcheren. Valkenisse was created in 1966 in a merger of Biggekerke, Koudekerke...
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Operation Infatuate (redirect from Battle of Walcheren)
Meanwhile, the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division would force a crossing of the Walcheren Causeway. The city of Antwerp and its port was captured by British 2nd...
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The Canal through Walcheren in the Netherlands crosses the east of Walcheren. It connects the Westerschelde and the Veerse Meer. In the 15th and 16th century...
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The Stoomtram Walcheren was a 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge steam tram that operated between Vlissingen and Domburg in the Netherlands, with a branch line...
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Inundation of Walcheren was the intentional, but uncontrolled military inundation, effected by bombing the sea dikes of the former island of Walcheren in Zeeland...
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Allied line and joins Canadian forces advancing on Walcheren Island. Prior to the Battle of Walcheren Causeway, Teuntje is captured while helping Janna...
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Battle of the Scheldt (section Inundation of Walcheren)
with its harbour 90% intact. However, the Germans had heavily fortified Walcheren peninsula at the mouth of the Western Scheldt, establishing well dug-in...
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in the southwestern Netherlands and a former island, now part of the Walcheren-Zuid-Beveland-Noord-Beveland peninsula. Noord-Beveland is enclosed by...
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Walcheren Barracks is a drill hall located at Hotspur Street in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland. It is located adjacent to the site of the former Maryhill...
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Robert Brownrigg (section Walcheren campaign)
Chatham during the aborted operation to seize Antwerp that stalled on Walcheren island. On Chatham's instructions he drew up a memorandum assessing the...
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Veere (category Walcheren)
population of 1,500 in the southwestern Netherlands, in the region of Walcheren in the province of Zeeland. The name Veere means "ferry": Wolfert Van...
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William Rowan (section Peninsular war and Walcheren)
present at the capture of Flushing in August 1809 during the disastrous Walcheren Campaign. After returning to Spain, he was present at the Battle of Sabugal...
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William Dyott (section Walcheren campaign)
brigade for the Walcheren campaign. Quickly beset by fevers, the campaign stagnated. Dyott formed part of the garrison on Walcheren before his return...
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devastated by the Battle of the Scheldt and the Walcheren Landings, which brought about the Inundation of Walcheren, between British and Canadian forces, and...
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History of Tobago (redirect from New Walcheren)
India Company. He established a colony of a hundred settlers called Nieuw Walcheren at Great Courland Bay and built a fort, Nieuw Vlissingen, near the modern...
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Colin Maud (section Walcheren)
commander of the Flushing assault force, during the Allied attack on Walcheren Island. On 11 December 1945 he was mentioned in despatches "for distinguished...
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HMS Largs also positioned off Sword beach. She also took part in the Walcheren operations.[citation needed] In July 1945, Roberts departed the United...
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Wasschappell) is a small city in the municipality of Veere on the island Walcheren, in the province Zeeland of the Netherlands. On 1 January 2021, it had...
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War of the Fifth Coalition (section Walcheren Campaign)
were driven out of their territories in Italy. British forces landed in Walcheren, in the French client state of Holland, but were unable to seize their...
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List of British Army formations during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (section Walcheren (Chatham's army))
Copenhagen Moore's Corunna army Army on the Tarragona Wellesley's Peninsular Beckwith's Martinique and Guadeloupe Chatham's Walcheren Anglo-Portuguese Army...
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John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham (section Walcheren)
period in the cabinet but is best known for commanding the disastrous Walcheren Campaign of 1809. Chatham was the eldest son of William Pitt, 1st Earl...
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Thomas Ussher (section Walcheren)
was not employed in any particular way until the commencement of the Walcheren Campaign in July 1809. She sailed to the Netherlands with a regiment of...
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deployed to Walcheren in the Netherlands where he served as deputy commander of a division led by Sir Eyre Coote during the disastrous Walcheren Campaign...
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Domburg (category Walcheren)
Domburg is a seaside resort on the North Sea, on the northwest coast of Walcheren in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of...
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- 12 Dec France captures Girona from Spain War of the Fifth Coalition Walcheren Campaign 30 July - 23 Dec Unsuccessful British invasion of French-controlled...
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ships of war'. The fleet conveyed an army of 39,000 men to the Island of Walcheren. Keats was ordered up the East Scheldt and took possession of the Island...
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