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EXPEDITION TO THE SCHELDT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

El NI; TES of EVIDENCE 'eke* before tbeCOMAMITX
of the 1%. ill )i V. HOUSE, appointed to resuitkr of die
Polo.) and cooduet of ill late E‘PEDITION to the
SCHELDT. ••••-•
sECOSID DaT.....-VIABISUSIIIr S.

The flight lion. Sir Da•ID I/UNDAI, K. B. Comomader-
iii•Cltitf of the Army, was called iu.
Kratioined by the Committee.
Was not the whole of the army pat In tomtit)* between the
!sib and the estF of July should titbit so, except those
that were very near the places of radon kitties' but time
whole force :t7,315, besides artillery and other fume or tiro
kind, urn, embarked between the oath of June mid the otb
of tidy.
tVinalil net the removing the rezi,n,nta from their quer.
term, before their equipments weir completed. Issue retarik.l,
instead of aerelccited, their gulag on &erritre •-.lt certainly
could, and the troops could uut have snored quicker than
they did, bi cause they (maid sot hare gut through the Conti-
try ; theit• term- lint quarter& toe them, there were a great
number of troops follow int; each other through the same
route; they west obliged to take a certain time before they
could lie iusembled at the poiuts of embarkation; that alai
dune, I apprehend, in as quick a 11141111er as acs possible,
from the time of their being put is motion, and their being
bet in motion was in consequeoce of the time of embarkatiou
ing fixed, and between the stalk of Jour awl the nth of
Jody, hey arrii cif successively at the places embarkation,
and acre all embarked.
%Vete rot the utmost exertions lathe Government, and of
an the departmeuts, employed to prepare that army for sere
vice, and to embark it un the earliest day pomilite ?—1 think
they certainly were, and under all circumstances, I do rut
*ltem, such great exertions ever were made before with re.
*act to that paint, the equipment, and the embarkation.
Did you give it as your opinion to Lind Castlereagh, that
It was practicable to make any attack US Autireip by the
Scheldt mentioned it generally as a combined upetatiou
of land and sea, sod therefore I was not competent la give
a peculiar detail of bow an untkrtsking of that kind was to
be conduettil,,lncilUSe I was nut master ul the eircambiates.
Did yon give it as your Fplaion, that there war say pro-
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liability of Antwerp being takes by • coop de maim titneld
t►ink nut.

Suppossiag a hoe to be drawn from Sandiest to Antwerp,
do you know au) sad what fortresses which bear upon that
lose of enuomissicatioa straight line would pass not fat
hens Litho; but 1 know so Nether than from the map.
Dors Beitreo-up Zoom bear upon that line so a} to Mter•
rept the passage of tromps cm prorisious '-21 commit speak
as to the map of the country aids peat distiactaess ; it his
to the left of that hoe, hat 1 cannot answer to all these to-
pographical mintiest, as to a country I have sot travelled.
DO ymu conceits. Antwerp could be effectually besieged,
except it was invested es the side tithe river as well as the
side of the land '—lt is possible to take Antwerp by a saps.
rior army • ithout Meriting it em the side of tbe river, bet It
would be longer defeoded if tt was ant so lowested.

Do you conceive that with a garrison of 10,000 men, Ant-
weep cunt.) be taken by a besieging army of so,uoo, except
invested on the side of the river really cnenut answer that
gortitios ; it is impossible fix is to answer It.
Could A utwerp be au invested without forcing the defames
of the Scheldt '-1t might if they came from the land side;
if they came from Brussels and the crosistry side.
Could it be take. by any attack front the points of &wrest
to which our army was directed, without forcing the dL (cocci
of
the Scheldt ?-wlt certainly was possible.
Supposing the English army to have leaded at Sandiest,
would it in your opinion have bceo safe foe that army to have
advanced without moskior Lille, Bergen-op-Zoom, and the
other fortresses in that neighbourhood ?-..There must of
course have been troops observing suck places es are describ-
ed, what CM! out, end what went into those places.
Supposing the Esilish army to have cossimed of 40000
am, and lasing • sufficient wuniber sat wee to person
ivelcheren sad South Beveled, sad to watch ths other
places, caw you form any open** what disposable force
would have remained to attack Antwerp can form us
opinion it would depend moos the shear hof the enemy.
Want the probable atreugth of the enemy ever COTl3llolllli-
rated to Toe ?—iNie, Never Idu out know what that alludes
to ; I mu .at there myself ; I could know loathing about
the strengib of the enemy.
Wee it ever communicated to you by Lord Castlereagh
or Hie Majesty's Ministers I recollect nothing about
the strewth of the enemy, that must bare been varying at
every period and etery boor.
Atter It was known itt England that Lord Chadians did
not intend to prosecute the oltior objects of the Expedi-
tion, were you ever consulted about the propriety of retain.
log the Mead of Walcheren!---I du not recollect that I was
tasselled.
Net at fay time 'up to the pt rind of the evaeuatioa of the
Island'—T. the period of the ei acestion of the Island.
Did you expires say opium. to any of His Majesty's Ali-
aisters opus the situation of the army on the Island of Wel-
eheren, in consequence of the legume that were made
do wet know that I *smeared any particular °maim farther
than general teaversatioa, general opinion, talking of the..
snattna I made so representation, if that is meant, 1 did
not caroler it as my bogie's or my duty * all.
Were proem tinisolicd memo the probable disorders that
as army in these countries was likely to eurounter
tem mosibect say particular coasaltation upon that head.
Did pus over bear or read in the siiihmey history of the
world of • emplismeni having been executed, where *Appel*
wee reareresil, a:S*6nm° sees do tat rt.collect say in-
steames.

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If it wet aeopusery to lineal A ntireTr on thr side of the
Firer a/nrt, qw Owe oat flurtnesurs GAO% A iota, , p, on the left
bask of she SaiWto whit II 11 would tame Olen u ) to

'the, previous
nodeee Inwesbelent tan Aid wee 1.,;e1.,
muta Minket without taking any fetremes- •
tuft u -
fortress within tree cutout miles if it, dues 'lie 84 held, L:
it might be iseested wid:nit taking that forties,.4,,'""
pretend to • local linos ledge, and Jesuit feel inpitgaisr"
teat to suasive. all them io questns. .
Do you equneceive tat • peas part of the country ruin., Autwerp ay be inhendaiedy —Tlere is a pin
Scheldt which I believe might be iiiitedotcd ; I hi
rcpt tin
greater part of the loon in on Iri.L, rground, of
car 1t
I du",
believe any ismelation eau be made there, but I cereal
critically theme question,. ,
Were the representations of Sir Eyre Coate, the p 4►
under-is-Chief of the Island of Wakbereo wokniunicationt of Ur. %TOM, the I espectitaGniertl K Hal„.
tale, conunueicatet to pus ?—They eertaialy wee eel
direction possible gives by Government to supply shat,
was wanted ; to seed 11106,1111 aid awl waeliral cowifei s. taw
shun to do esrry thing that could he dune outlet tLc r".,
sutures of the ease.
Were the time of the hospitals, as reminded is the lain
of Sir Ey. e Cuute, and the general wart of ureJnul
assistance, euennieuirated to yon?—They were.
I understand from your answer, that yeti presume t qk
fieeerentesit took every care to supply the reuristlet deltoid
by the Commandcr.iitChief of the joined aWakhrree,
do you know that times requisitiont were prepay oesigiet
with ?—I du believe they wee, as fur so they mild pi**
he executed I know myself, with 'impel to 'beatnik,'
leulutance sad inedicel men, for the directions east heave
to the Medical Board to roe every means is bateter to ..eite
rimey asuintants there as they pounibly could, 41' I 1 kw,v
they dad whet they possibly could ; at tic savor tole den
was a difficulty in hudieg peewits; them were about tier new
medical mu:, that acre sent over in enimmirece of thaw
presentations', and indeed before Sir Eyre Cook's hiter
Are yon aware that so the cerrespoudireee of Sir ge,
Coote, he complains that his lequentious were rid*, on
glected, or nut complied with?-1 carrot say I reeellect
lyr
particulars or the urn's, nor exact7y theubjecto they Rine
to; there might he requiiitioas for miler mattes Mrde
those, bat I am thoroughly persuaded every tbinz was dote
that sum possible.
Do you recollect • letter etfiir Eyre Coote, in which herein
plains that attar time monks nephew i.e. oily one ur twu
bislang gurgeeile bail heel teat; nail that, thirisa that intend,
for waist et ioodka aid, and Cue waut of medicare*, 11111114beff . _ .

have been perifiliog la Ilse lloopitale, and the torattirr ulna
daily increasing'..24 comet soy that I recollect t►ese eio

From the number of prrisoos the cne.ny have is that fe'ustenr"• .
country, the lue citatory of Flanders, if nu E3clisb force 111 addition to the orders that were issued to ion, is new.
, queuce of Sir Eyre Coutes epplicatiue to make every •
had gut possession of Antwerp, do yen coseeive it was pow
! lull authority gives you to lacer every extramdineerro
tilde they could hair effected their retreat without great l'i ""erth* 6* the relief of the sick ill W.icheftlts Mae*
lees ?—1 have stated that they twist have retarued by the
we ~,,,se i ruse tbst could ciaetribitte te the relief and entbrid eithe
Scheldt, and in order to rehire by the Sehetdt,
f llic:lo—Maity atheist things did not depend upon ore.. 4
lairs been previously realer, of the psiemge Gum the woods
of the Scheldt to Aelvfera; .katbeexecution ; certainly 1 kuuw that there was no 'spear
Have you nut witnessed Lord thathauf in person taffeta- "Mat t.bill'ltrall• ..
iag eight or tea thousand men much to his credit se as of. Did net you snake hltspital• arrangements ss tarty Nib
firer in the Eastern district ''—l do not kiwis wont perticalar nth of August in barracks un the coast, for the newts' II
occasion tbe H LIOUIIS utile Al eiiihrr ietirs to ; very vasiblly at - the itehaalltemredea that t•ilght he returned feem Ma wen*
some of the reviews; but tbeic were so wail at that tiate t to the extent of providing for 3,4n0 wan'-1 hare anal;
do am remember it. mernotamlaus on the subject ; I du we pecked that tie
Too have stated, that io the year .794, when you eons- inu°,_,here_, are Perfect'y seelleatty_bld the oellfibli tended
atamied at Antwerp, you considered ten thousand men would lieta"`"°°°e'll,,....lll.l out ••• at 1" "aittlaalt ease of Mall
be a sufficient gat rioun against a 'reviler siege ; whiatinumher 35,"%me. i ,_.___slm was 6° or 70 medical sea. Is the r.
of men do you consider competent to keep in active army. 1tr.are",`°,1,,...h1e,......, • f•f....„thee211•11",...._"•, ••',, end; **as
oat of Autwerp fur sell slays :,--I did not make Inc of Oil '''"?..a. t''''``....,,r•Pe*"°""reet•'"o "tea 1"•••19 t***
words . tem thereabout nice as a sufficient g:irrisow, I thought me ee__,erlme••••°"•••Prif "'en *id they ea* to see the
that the least that could be called a gart,sou for such a town stee'ledY of the else, Dot thew was fused Mid 'Walt, it
procuriug Hospital limas. bath fee the Waleberes seem
as Antwerp, a garrison for derelict I su rau ; that depends
upon so many circumstances of reparation, and the num- and the, lie...,_h in the Bose hoePtt.___•ie :•• the aril slam wilds
her of that army, sad iu short so many things, that 1 caunut ter re"', " sickness, immediate 'e'er' were rl'el at hire" to
give a derided answer Nit. apply asdpri pare barrack, or the coast district, as bagitsh
Were the ditches of Antwerp dry or full of water wheel fee the reerPlwe of a large m'ebt, of sick; ad Dolissi
yea commanded there ?-1 do not profess a local knowledge Board had directions ter itrististrter eras asesseary aid se
of Antwerp to that stein, but 1 kisow a part of them were their arrival ; all this •as dose is a seiliCioot Now sides
wet, sod I !lentil* a part of them were dry ; I was ill ; 1 es, service was well executed is all ils branches; sadist pin of
net in a situation to go about awl know the place critically, the service, 1 think i eta take upon me to sayll serer hid
hut I believe they arse partly both. a single complaint from the coneinserding 'Akers sif the
From the knowledge you have of the river'Scheldt, do you.. dite"e". and ever 7 thing we" on veil* sad gel* "A"
eanaliler that is case ut attack, large 'hips could hare goat Mtn passed throtigh those liospitala.
up
under the peutectiou of the citadel ...-1 andarptuud se, uses the medical sesistaace ferwisied to that seer, an its
that they could go up to the citadel, mid if in attacking army having the 'hums of (degas DM** triter a" tenth bl'e
wee sot in possissius of the oppmite Mese! the tires day been furnished te soy other army of medla lint. pm;
weals' be safe there, and could sot be gut at. (0 any other part of Europe ?—sl apprehend
Do you know the distance betoccii Saistdeet and Auttweep ? At what period wee the first alarm of considerable Arisen
...No, I reedy do not from my on a hone ledge i 1 sdppose I which required adaitieual medical essimsace I—The her.
hem Ifte to to le ciity notes. agog of September, I ilisk.
Is it usual in military operations to employ 90 or 400011 In a former part of yunt evidence it is stated. thateplsisat
uses. ou a coup do mere!—lt certainly is sot *sisal; it luny *ere required of certain offerers of His Ildigestfs_Stalf; ila
depend opus the object and the sae of the taws, mad a 7" eetellectwtelbee thew °011ie" we" end as
variety of things, lmt 1 can ?tic no critical answer to that ;enema exp./inter of attaeliag Antwerp. as were drool
question ; I do out ksow an example. is reference to the priable mode elf carry* tie a units
[The wins.", directed to witi4,... arms"), determined apes. or to be estsfutiord aro '...l
[The Vritaals was spin called in.) apprehend it went She. peelarabla Node, that it wok a
Are you acquainted with the topography of the country the whole subject. wittiest trot dkosiod to trithalte)
from &unfired to Antwerp'-1 never went from the our to •be eistiaise4
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