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- Walcheren_Campaign abstract "The Walcheren Campaign was an unsuccessful British expedition to the Netherlands in 1809 intended to open another front in the Austrian Empire's struggle with France during the War of the Fifth Coalition. Around 40,000 soldiers, 15,000 horses together with field artillery and two siege trains crossed the North Sea and landed at Walcheren on 30 July. This was the largest British expedition of that year, larger than the army serving in the Peninsular War in Portugal. The Walcheren Campaign involved little fighting, but heavy losses from the sickness popularly dubbed "Walcheren Fever". Over 4,000 British troops died (only 106 in combat) and the rest withdrew on 9 December 1809.The primary aim of the campaign was to destroy the French fleet thought to be in Flushing whilst providing a diversion for the hard-pressed Austrians. However, the Battle of Wagram had already occurred before the start of the campaign and the Austrians had effectively already lost the war.The army was commanded by John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham whilst the navy was commanded by Sir Richard Strachan. As a first move, the British seized the swampy island of Walcheren at the mouth of river Scheldt as well as South Beveland island, both in the present-day Netherlands. The British troops soon began to suffer from malaria; within a month of seizing the island, they had over 8,000 fever cases. The medical provisions for the expedition proved inadequate despite reports that an occupying French force had lost 80% of its numbers a few years earlier, also due to disease.The French forces were commanded by Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, who had just been stripped of his command after disobeying orders at Wagram. Dismissed from Napoleon's Grande Armée, Bernadotte returned to Paris and was sent to the defence of the Netherlands by the council of ministers. He led the French forces competently and although the British captured Flushing, after a ferocious bombardment, and surrounding towns on 15 August, he had already ordered the French fleet to Antwerp and heavily reinforced the city. With the main objective for the British out of reach, the expedition was called off in early September. Around 12,000 troops stayed on Walcheren, but by October only 5,500 remained fit for duty.In all, the British government spent almost £8 million on the campaign. Along with the 4,000 men that had died during the campaign, almost 12,000 were still ill by February 1810 and many others remained permanently weakened. Those sent to the Peninsular War to join Wellington's army caused a permanent doubling of the sick lists there.".
- Walcheren_Campaign causalties "4,000 dead, wounded or captured".
- Walcheren_Campaign causalties "5,000+ sick".
- Walcheren_Campaign causalties "including 1st battalion, Irish legion".
- Walcheren_Campaign combatant "First French Empire".
- Walcheren_Campaign combatant "Kingdom of Holland".
- Walcheren_Campaign combatant "United Kingdom".
- Walcheren_Campaign commander Charles_XIV_John_of_Sweden.
- Walcheren_Campaign commander John_Pitt,_2nd_Earl_of_Chatham.
- Walcheren_Campaign commander Louis_Claude_Monnet_de_Lorbeau.
- Walcheren_Campaign commander Sir_Richard_Strachan,_6th_Baronet.
- Walcheren_Campaign date "1809-12-09".
- Walcheren_Campaign isPartOfMilitaryConflict War_of_the_Fifth_Coalition.
- Walcheren_Campaign place Netherlands.
- Walcheren_Campaign place Walcheren.
- Walcheren_Campaign result "French-Dutch victory".
- Walcheren_Campaign strength "20,000".
- Walcheren_Campaign strength "40,000".
- Walcheren_Campaign thumbnail Bombardment_of_Flushing.jpg?width=300.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageExternalLink c_walcheren.html.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageID "6861649".
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageLength "8561".
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageOutDegree "64".
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageRevisionID "683325577".
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Alexander_Mackenzie-Fraser.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Alexander_Mackenzie_Fraser.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Antwerp.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Austrian_Empire.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Wagram.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Category:1809_in_France.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Category:19th-century_military_history_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Category:Battles_of_the_War_of_the_Fifth_Coalition.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Category:Campaigns_of_the_Napoleonic_Wars.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Category:Conflicts_in_1809.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_Zeeland.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_campaigns_involving_France.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Category:Walcheren.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Charles_XIV_John_of_Sweden.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Eyre_Coote_(British_Army_officer).
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Fifth_Coalition.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink First_French_Empire.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Flushing,_Netherlands.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Francis_de_Rottenburg.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink George_Gordon,_5th_Duke_of_Gordon.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink George_Ramsay,_9th_Earl_of_Dalhousie.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Grande_Armée.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Irish_Legion.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink James_Leith_(British_Army_infantry_officer).
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink James_Leith_(British_Army_officer).
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink James_St_Clair-Erskine,_2nd_Earl_of_Rosslyn.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink John_Hope,_4th_Earl_of_Hopetoun.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink John_Pitt,_2nd_Earl_of_Chatham.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Kingdom_of_Holland.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Kings_German_Legion.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Louis_Claude_Monnet_de_Lorbeau.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Malaria.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Napoleon.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Netherlands.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink North_Sea.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Packet_boat.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Packet_ship.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Peninsular_War.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Rear_Admiral_James_Bissett.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Robert_Brownrigg.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Artillery.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Horse_Artillery.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Scheldt.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Sea_Fencibles.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Siege_engine.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Siege_train.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Sir_Richard_Strachan,_6th_Baronet.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Sir_William_Erskine,_2nd_Baronet.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Sir_William_Houston,_1st_Baronet.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink South_Beveland.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Thomas_Graham,_1st_Baron_Lynedoch.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Thomas_Picton.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Vlissingen.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Walcheren.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Walcheren_fever.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink War_of_the_Fifth_Coalition.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink William_Stewart_(1774–1827).
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink Zuid-Beveland.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLink File:Bombardment_of_Flushing.jpg.
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLinkText "British landing in Zeeland".
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLinkText "Schelde expedition".
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLinkText "Scheldt operations".
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLinkText "Walcheren Campaign (1809)".
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLinkText "Walcheren Campaign".
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLinkText "Walcheren expedition".
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLinkText "Walcheren".
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLinkText "amphibious raid".
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLinkText "army to Walcheren".
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLinkText "expedition to Walcheren".
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLinkText "expedition to the Scheldt".
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLinkText "expedition to the Schelt".
- Walcheren_Campaign wikiPageWikiLinkText "naval force in the Scheldt".
- Walcheren_Campaign casualties "12000".
- Walcheren_Campaign casualties "4000".