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British army only landed at Walcheren

Sunday Jul 30, 1809
Walcheren, Netherlands

In the Kingdom of Holland, the British launched the Walcheren Campaign to open up a second front in the war and to relieve the pressure on the Austrians. The British army only landed at Walcheren on 30 July, by which point the Austrians had already been defeated.


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