History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery Vol. 2: Compiled from the Original RecordsDuncan, Francis
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History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery Vol. 2: Compiled from the Original Records
Duncan, Francis
Great Britain. Army. Royal Regiment of Artillery
On Monday, the 31st July, Ter Veer, a village at the opposite end of the
island of Walcheren from Flushing, was invested, two guns of Captain
Macdonald’s troop and two 8-inch mortars having been landed to assist;
and it surrendered the following day. Until the fall of Flushing, Ter
Veer was employed as a landing-place and depôt for ordnance stores,--the
Balaclava of the Walcheren Expedition. The army then advanced across the
island, and proceeded to invest Flushing. During the siege, frequent
reinforcements of the French garrison took place, their troops being
transported by sea from Cadsand, and the weather being such as to render
it very difficult for the English fleet to intercept them. The defence
made by the French was very gallant, although the wretched inhabitants
were the main sufferers during the bombardment. By Napoleon’s positive
order, and notwithstanding the remonstrances of the French Commandant,
one of the dykes near Flushing was partly cut, and the sea poured into
the English trenches to a considerable extent, increasing the discomfort
and difficulties which the heavy and almost incessant rains had already
produced.
ARTILLERY EMBARKED for the SCHELDT EXPEDITION, under the EARL OF
CHATHAM, in 1809.
INDEX.
A. Field Officers.
B. Captains.
C. Subalterns.
D. Surgeons.
E. N. C. Officers.
F. Gunners.
G. Drummers.
H. Total.
I. Officers.
J. N. C. Officers.
K. Drivers.
L. Artificers and Trumpeters.
M. Total.
N. General Total.
O. Horses.
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