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Expedition to Ostend Dispatches Describe Assault and Siege
The letter from Eyre Coote and Sir Henry Dundas details a British expedition against Ostend in May 1798. Major General Burrard and Col. Calcraft commanded forces siege operations and riverward landings, destroying sluices and canals with minimal casualties. The report commends officers including Lieut. Brownrigg and Lieut. Gilham and notes a summons to Ostend surrender prior to bombardment.
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Burrard
Calcraft
Grenadiers
Donkin
45Th Regiment
Light Infantry
Walker
Royal Artillery
Breecrigg
Royal Engineers
Gilham
Dover
Campbell
Battalion of Guards
Vitcher
Charles Grey
Williamson
Thorley
Guards
Clifton
Cumberland
83D Regiment
Cornet Nixon
7Th.light Dragoons
Jerv's
Margate
Twiss
Brownrigg
Popham
Ostend
Ward
Boone
Villcher
Yoursotice
C. Eyre Coote
Henry Dundas