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S taff at the following institutions have given me valuable assistance: Zeeuws Archief, Middelburg; The National Archives, London; The National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh; The National Army Museum, London. I am most grateful to Peter Blom for his generous hospitality during my visit to Walcheren and for his crucial help with source material. Thanks to Ian Robertson for his support and advice and to Jamie Wilson for giving me the opportunity to tell the little known story of one of the greatest expeditions ever to leave Britains shores.
Recapitulation of the Statement of the Expedition under the Command of Lt General The Earl of Chatham. Transport Office, 27 July 18091
Names of the Ships of the Line and Frigates, with their Commanders, which accompanied Sir Richard Strachan to the Scheldt
| Ships | Guns | Commanders |
|---|---|---|
| Ships | ||
| St Domingo | 74 | Flag Charles Gill |
| Caesar | 80 | Rear Adm Edward Otway, Capt C. Richardson |
| Denmark | 74 | James Bisset |
| Victorious | 74 | J. Talbot |
| Blake | 74 | Rear Adm Lord Gardner, Capt E. Codrington |
| Audacious | 74 | Donald Campbell |
| Theseus | 74 | William Prowse |
| Repulse | 74 | Hon. A. K. Legge |
| Powerful | 74 | |
| Superb | 74 | R. Jackson |
| Centaur | 74 | W. H. Webley |
| Venerable | 74 | A. King acting for Sir H. Popham |
| Valiant | 74 | G. E. Hammond |
| Courageux | 74 | R. Plampin |
| York | 74 | R. Barton |
| Princess of Orange | 74 | Francis Beauman |
| Monarch | 74 | Richard Lee |
| Belleisle | 74 | George Cockburn |
| Orion | 74 | A. C. Dickson |
| Resolution | 74 | G. Burlton |
| Bellona | 74 | J. E. Douglas |
| Eagle | 74 | Charles Rowley |
| Imptueux | 74 | J. Lawford |
| Ganges | 74 | Peter Halket |
| Aboukir | 74 | G. Parker |
| Marlborough | 74 | G. Moore |
| Royal Oak | 74 | Lord Amelius Beauclerk |
| Alfred | 74 | J. R. Watson |
| Sceptre | 74 | John Ferner |
| Achille | 74 | |
| Namur | 74 | |
| Leyden | 64 | |
| Agincourt | 64 | |
| Monmouth | 64 | |
| Iris | 50 | |
| Adamant | 50 | |
| Weymouth | 54 | |
| Ulysses | 44 | |
| Serapis | 44 | |
| Frigates | ||
| Imprieuse | 44 | T. Garth |
| Rota | 38 | P. Somerville |
| Perlen | ||
| Lavinia | 44 | Lord William Stewart |
| Clyde | 38 | C. Owen |
| Amethyst | 38 | Sir M. Seymour |
| Fisgard | 38 | William Bolton |
| Statira | 38 | C. W. Boys |
| Hotspur | 38 | Hon. J. Percy |
| Euryalus | 38 | G. H. L. Dundas |
| Salcette | 38 | W. Bathurst |
| St Fiorenzo | 36 | |
| Thalia | 36 | |
| Aigle | 36 | Wolfe |
| Nymphen | 36 | K. Maxwell |
| Dryad | 36 | Galway |
| Heroine | 32 | |
| Bucelphus | 32 | |
| Aimable | 32 | Lord G. Stewart |
| Pallas | 32 | |
| Circe | 32 | |
| Camilla | 24 |
To these were attached: 33 Sloops of War of from 14 to 18 guns 5 bomb-vessels 23 gun-brigs 17 hired cutters 14 revenue cutters 5 tenders 82 gun-boats 150 flat-bottomed boats all the dockyard lighters, with anchors, cables and hawsers, for assisting ships that might get on shore all the fast-sailing smuggling vessels which could be procured by hiring them every rowing galley at Deal and Folkestone transports to convey military stores and provisions, making the amount of hired shipping near 100,000 tons.
A Collection of Papers Relating to the Expedition to the Scheldt , pp. 34952; Brenton, E. P., The Naval History of Great Britain , Vol. II, pp. 28991
Armes en flute (some guns removed)
Memorandum for the Quartermaster General: His Majesty has been pleased to approve of the under mentioned officers being attached to the force about to proceed on a particular service [The Expedition to the Scheldt]
Horse Guards 7 July 1809
Lt General The Earl of Chatham Commander of the Forces
Lt General Sir Eyre Coote Second in Command
Lt General Sir John Craddock KBE
Lt General The Earl of Rosslyn
Lt General The Marquis of Huntley
Lt General Grosvenor
Lt General Sir John Hope KB
Lt General Mackenzie Fraser
Lt General Lord Paget
Lt General Brownrigg
Maj General Linsingen
Maj General T. Graham
Maj General Earl of Dalhousie
Maj General Dyott
Maj General Leith
Maj General Picton
Maj General William Stewart
Maj General Sir William Erskine
Brig General Houston
Brig General Disney
Brig General Montresor
Brig General Ackland
Brig General Sontag
Brig General Rottenburg
Brig General Brown
Colonel Thomas Mahon and Colonel Baron Alten as Colonels on the Staff
NAS, GD364/1/1187
Craddock remained in the Peninsula and did not accompany the expedition to the Scheldt.
The Organisation and Strength of the British Army under the Earl of Chatham on 31 July 1809
THE ARMY ON WALCHEREN Lt General Sir Eyre Coote
LIGHT DIVISION Lt General Earl of Rosslyn
RESERVE Lt General Sir John Hope
2nd DIVISION Lt General Marquis of Huntley
3rd DIVISION Lt General Grosvenor
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