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forts of the Upper Scheldt into a defensive state. A rapid and decisive forward movement might still have saved the expedition, but instead, Lord Chatham confined himself to aimless skirmishing with the forts of the Upper Scheldt, bombarded Cadzand and Fort Terneuzen, and finally, on 26 August, convened a council of war. At this council, it became clear that an advance on Antwerp was utterly impossible, as the French (under Bernadotte) had already managed to concentrate

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