. Ad-upUJ from the 1 : Utndas by General Grey. Note.—The Grcuadicri a:-. ;.:,..: :.»nlr\'were the iJank companies of the three foot regiments. The actual disposition o( troops at the landing had to be modified, as fotir companies of Guards did not land. the canal, even if the surf should prevent his retreat being so successful as he could ; Popham agreed, and the troops were hastily landed on the sand-dunes to the east of the harbour, %vithout waiting for the Minerva, who, with the four companies of the First Guards aboard, had failed to keep touch with the convoy. So secretly was
. Ad-upUJ from the 1 : Utndas by General Grey. Note.—The Grcuadicri a:-. ;.:,..: :.»nlr\'were the iJank companies of the three foot regiments. The actual disposition o( troops at the landing had to be modified, as fotir companies of Guards did not land. the canal, even if the surf should prevent his retreat being so successful as he could ; Popham agreed, and the troops were hastily landed on the sand-dunes to the east of the harbour, %vithout waiting for the Minerva, who, with the four companies of the First Guards aboard, had failed to keep touch with the convoy. So secretly was the landing carried out that the French w-ere not aware of what was going on until most of the men were ashore. Then a heavy bombard- ment began from the forts, to which the frigates and bomb-ships replied. Coote pushed forw'ard some Guards to seize the lock gates, which they succeeded in doing after a skirmish, and a screen of troops was thrown out to cover the working party: to the East, the village of Breedenc was occupied and the Blanken- berghe-Ostend road covered, while on the west detach- ments held the two ferries which crossed the harbour from Ostend. But the old black powder of those days was a very different thing from the high explosive of
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