Walcheren Campaign

When

9 Dec 1809

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

51.52° N, 3.58° E

Description

1809 campaign during the War of the Fifth Coalition

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1809 British military expedition to the Netherlands

The Walcheren Campaign was an unsuccessful British expedition to the Kingdom of Holland in 1809 intended to open another front in the Austrian Empire's struggle with France during the War of the Fifth Coalition. John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, the commander of the expedition, was ordered to capture the towns of Flushing (Vlissingen) and Antwerp and thus enable British ships to safely traverse the Scheldt River.

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