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at est'v 'mood !lefties"batik eta he inundated ; while the
Exped.t.oo wiss in the Scheldt, three polders tapas
that site were iminilneJ, namely, the loser Duel Folder,
the upper rood Pold.ar, la which the fort stands, and dm
Atemburth Polder, which stretches from this to the village
of Kelldricht. in Ilse direct; in of Dalai ; this fort, the same
a. Litho, cannot he approached except on out dyke, nut more
Ilan ao feet wide.
Do yin' limit whether there are any ea,...niate• Non:, penny!
—As to Liefkeushorik, I ...moot speak with any certainty ;
Is I.Hk/there ore casemate* for about too men.
What number of men would you consider to be • compe-
tent garrison for thoue forts --.4,1f1at torn would be • com-
plete garrison for Lilla, and I,omi probably for lotfizen-
shotik ; but they might be deceuded by a great deal smaller
garrison.
. With the aid of the itiondation, what do you conceive
wonl.l he the smallest garrison by which they could bare beeu
&fended for any eonsiderable tune agoinst soda 10e4US as we
had of attorkiug ?—ln case either of thisie fort* bad
been attacked by the British, 1 euureive that the enemy
would bare put lives, small garrison into them, because they
contd, whoiever they close, reinforcs that garrison or relieve
it Gum Antwerp, s• it was intpuatubk to cut off the commis.
Mutton httwernleither of those pisces and Antwerp, on ac.
room of the inundation, anti of satirise they would not choose
In latitme their troops be having so may of them exposed,
at one time, to either of those hots.
II hat hearth of siege do you think Fort Lillo contd have
snatataired?-s•Ilpon that point it would be netessaiy for me
to enter iiito some minute caleulatioio, probably too long fur
the Committee; I .snout auswer satisfactorily, without cute/r-
-ipe into them.
Do roe think Fort hallo Could have been defeaded for a
fortnight .swUndooloolly ; I should have statist a much
looser period than that.
I.)e you conceive it could have been defended for a month'
will state, as meentely as I can, how long I Doak that
fort could have boon defebded To hart lauded au army to
Item attacked Fort lolio, and to have inhaled that place,
woolol ant Igive talon op less than three dam; the bringing
of the heave artillery, famines, and storm of every hind tom
shove t . the &lib% of the trenches, all of width must
have Mend lot by band, could not have taken up less than
Ate days. 11.14111( ill •3 ei:ht dn.s,before ibe trenches total
Late hero opened. I coneeive, from the great linlienlte of
arProachold the *lye. it mild not possibly hare been take
under treaty do). of open trenches; I am ...ding the short.
est time I thic'r possible; making in all twcaty•eight days,
from the comraencenieut of the operation
Fr int wboort Jo you *appose it whuld hare hero news.
nary to have carried those fasciae, loisTforse varcines 'mot
have been a'l brimoht from Routh Develaul, or nut of dm
*Wm, from Fug'nsid, and landed upon the roost immedi at- It
Opposite tot ,e fort, what W rallial the liaatvliet toast, about
fuer miles distant from the fort.
Are you aelsoisted with the Fort of Railia,-1 am.
It'd! ymi base the toughies* to state what your opinion of
that fort in, and of the I defending it ?—The foot uf
Ilaths ton very had wink indeed, mote irregular, and 1114 vet
all flanked ; yon ran approach ti by the dyke close to the fort ;
under corn ; I .1.1 not thick it roast make any great mist.
ante, dm Werlis are all Of earl's, 110 1111.1/1•.
Will you stole what 'elicih of tint it would have required
to haredheuilsolted an army of twenty fire thousand men at
Sent/diet, with the ordnance that would he necessary for thr
strze .uf .Antwerp?-1 cmwrier twenty tire thousand loot
might have hems lauded in oar .1.. y quite easily; if monition
.10•••• sod energy were mot, two or three days would laud
the obi of the 01..11120Cr st.n. opine tlae beach, provided
tdoreships were elos- to the brat 11.
no you torhi//e Is:ohof all that was necessity for the Ism.
• hardment of A otwerp, ilieluding the horses'—lt is a difficult
question to answer exactly. It is impossible for me to
ne curate!. unless I previously make a r strulation of
. the amonut of the stores actually to be lauded, cud the out..
ben of horses.
Are you convertsint with the rum!, (vim Santeliet
weep, *opposing the low royalty to be inundated, or sap-
goosing it to tic /11 y am acquainted with the road Cr
Antwerp to Pergen-op•Zooin, lint I never was at &merino ;
that rmi•lpassio. about three miles from ltantrlict, it is not a
pared road ; the road trochee front Sanlvlict to Antwerp joins
Die road I hate described, but three mile. of it I serer
itr.
At what time do you imagine all army of Isrentaillre Ihms.
sand Obeia.laittiol ot Santehrt, w.uLl match toArstwerp,takii:g
with them all that was nee, .....p for the lootyltsrdluent of
4tutworii?—An anoy thouand men might i
march to Antwerp w Inst. dot Mi CO the ran-
o/lases of all the' stores stewsary far a siege, whirl, nia-t
centrist of Maw 1110101.1114 111).111 a 'sway road non-teen
smiles, that world .1, pool eioirtly liputi the means a bring.
tn, forward th....v atoms, whether they were •affitirot
; or it wise be done by the labour of men.
la what time would they mai rh to Antwerp. supposing a
licludiardimmi :dour wigs 'wooled. and with tbehusst.which
•re.•••psuied the Eat. do got Mom bow many
areompante.l the Expedition fur that puipme,
abettor there . ere any at all.
Hwy many horses du yes think would Laee been sect tar.,
mono that nn-1, to have drawn a thirtreit.loch 1001.13 f. with
Ifs Ind, from %snlyliello Antwerp, and it it Isiu what time 1.-
reileriVe that it wind.] take at the very beast tee or twelre
homes; as to the tame, it would br at a pace maltose, as those
horses would go
What imailos of homes wools' hare hero secretary, upon
the same road, to hate drawn an inn t ty-four pounder,
moo a travelliog carriage would have required nearly
the same number of hunt 2.

fThe Witness wan directed to withdraw.
The 11'1Inros war waist called in.
Wises you were in n.sath Bei-elan& ant yule rereiwe any
iattmastrua SIMI which yeas eoulel depend, of the state of the
rreuels tweet at any period received considerable tarn-
vitalism P.M the 6th to the lath of August, from qaarters
upon which I could depend ;Shat isfurniature w, I believe, all
rioted.
Will you state the setistaare of this information yea re-
tained, and the perouls at which that information was re-
ceived I—That is a question whirls it w quite impassible for
Ole la ansser. because I was may sormussed Wrsterday I
-have nut a s4tele paper of any kind with me it mon, there.
fart, with r.spest to the slates, it Waal Wray power to do it ;
I des state from Memory, I torlarwr, patty nearly the sub.
tenor* of the lint retumunieltium with respect to She rormy'll
forte, tweausse they one rod thee nUmrruus, but the subse-
quent ennimunicatiout rates-et' inks eossidentble 14,110, which
it is impaaluble fur nut to recollect, without having She papers
with me

What was the aidastanre of the firm cormanaiestion
The 111 r‘t commuilleation I received *sedum* nose respect.
able quarter, in whirl. !placed implicit mainftrtenee; it stated,
OS rWeiy a, I ran reeollert, as follows, the enemy's force on
or aliout the the att. of Auguit ; at that period there were
Sill battalions of Duch in dergeninp.Zoom, namely, four
of Ml:ume of 11w lain, and Iwo of guards, and fire coin.
rani,* of artillery ; there wan a battalion of Dutch bras
infantry at Tholes ; there were at Antwerp three battali,iiis,
one of wheel, was Fuse'; there were cantourd betweeu
Antwerp end BergenuipiZonew, at Caprivi, two battalions of
Framele infantry of the line, Alla nue batialime of Dutch light
infantry, together with tea mpisivlrous of caroler, munch.,
of Dutch, four of which were hussars and
t▪
wo cowman-rt., inn wradrons of French cuirarstme *nil two
st.ito of dragoons; h stiles that t,rr, them were in Antwerp
• Ail (oar thousauJ lire hundred men, the workmen in
.It dock• pin' nod se-weals theme Rini at re formed into
tenable battaliona, and had regular °fitters placed over
risen', and 1.04 town •liwiplised for Aetween two aria titter
terra. Tarr ercw.../ the dret at that period amounted to
mount eh wee thousand men, incluslimr the 'bailie en each
ship of .ear there a ere between there and four hundred troops
of the line, regular addten ; there was hesidei that force
none twte hi the sleep of Dutch kl•ildtfi. but 1 du nut
bison the react *alma of it.
Has there eel Lido, Lief ketishoeik, or Cashew% at
flint period I—Lillo and Liefkamslioeik were garrisuiseil
hour the &et ; Latin heti • `are icon of shoal out thousand
runt, and Lietitenshuelk ire hundred!: with nalisert re Cud-
sod, I have already mid 1 du out hoe, yisrlielilealy the
hence la hatch Ilaa.ters.
Wes the whole of this force in Cies, atatiiima os the sixth
er firth of .lamsn ' hire alohay aaol, out keying my
piueri or o
rlon
.-14• with me. fan-aol Pinill7el7 any I ,t ... ft or Lath.
len base mail .4 that, in the year reit, Cows year awn