"Crossing the Waal 7th November 1794" Topic

Interesting translation here…

"Posted recently on a forum elsewhere, I thought I would share this vivid depiction of the Duke of York's army retreating over the River Waal from Nijmegen in the 7th November 1794.

Nijmegen was abandoned to the French the following day. This marked the end of the Combined Army's active campaigning in the Low Countries. Having been forced to abandon Flanders and Brabant, York and his advisors hoped they would be able to shelter behind the the wide moat of the Waal until it was time for both sides to go into winter quarters. The Duke of York was recalled to London in early December, to carry the can for a strategical foul up at government level.

As the print shows, the weather that autumn was awful. The two soldiers on the right wearing greatcoats were fortunate, as in most British regiments, threadbare uniforms, replacement long overdue, were wholly inadequate for continued service in the field as the coldest winter for a generation settled on the Rhine delta. The man on the extreme right is more representative of the state of the soldiery- although some regiments were supplied variously with flannel waistcoats, warm stockings and drawers, woolen pantaloons and greatcoats (but many of those were threadbare having been issued the previous winter)…"
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