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	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Irrigation canals are man-made waterways for the delivery of water and preceded the use of transportation canals used by barges or narrowboats on smaller canals, and by ships on ship canals that connect to the ocean.
		In Europe and then in the young United States, inland canals preceded the development of railroads during the earliest phase of the Industrial Revolution; some canals were later drained and used as railroad rights-of-way.
		Canals have found another use in the 21st century, as wayleaves for fibre optic telecommunications networks.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Canal (331 words)

	Canal through Walcheren - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Canal through Walcheren in the Netherlands crosses the east of Walcheren.
		The railroad entering Walcheren from the east does not cross this canal, but bends south and runs along it.
		This page was last modified 16:42, 9 April 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canal_through_Walcheren (71 words)

	WWII: The Battle of the Scheldt
		The canals were crossed and a bridgehead established, but in the face of fierce counter-attacks by enemy forces they were forced to withdraw with heavy casualties.
		Apart from the formidable obstacle of the Leopold Canal, nearly half of which was doubly secured by the Canal de Dérivation de la Lys, the greater part of the approach area was inundated with flood water and there were few points where a really determined assault could be mounted with any hope of success.
		The brigade was to cross the mouth of the Braakman in amphibious vehicles and to land in the neighbourhood of Hoofdplaat, a tiny hamlet in the rear or coastal side of the Pocket, thus exerting pressure on the enemy from two directions at once.
	www.wwii.ca /index.php?page=Page&action=showpage&id=47 (2385 words)

	Legion Magazine : Taking Walcheren Island
		Today, land reclamation has made Walcheren Island part of the South Beveland peninsula, but in 1944 it was joined to the mainland by a narrow causeway just wide enough for a railway line and a road.
		The final decision was General Dwight D. Eisenhower's and after discussions with Churchill and the Netherlands' government-in-exile, the supreme Allied commander gave the OK. Leaflets were dropped urging the population to evacuate the island and on Oct. 3, 1944, Bomber Command blew a huge hole in the dike at Westkappele.
		With the battle for Walcheren over, the islanders and their liberators had to deal with the broken dikes and flooded farms.
	www.legionmagazine.com /features/canadianmilitaryhistory/01-11.asp (2199 words)

	Edward Tufte: New ET Writings, Artworks & News
		Next he began studies of the canal of Charleroi in Brussels; and in order to gauge the streams which were needed to feed the canal, he embarked upon some experiments, which he published later, on the flow of the water by the openings of slender walls.
		Minard was sent on the canal of Saint-Quentin, where, as at the canal of the Centre, considerable losses rendered navigation intermittent; and the same procedures had the same successes.
		As for the canals and rivers, he had gathered, be it in the lessons of his predecessors, be it in the memories of his own experience, all the elements of a very interesting and essentially practical course.
	www.edwardtufte.com /1400929964/tufte/minard-obit?usca_p=t (4669 words)

	ipedia.com: Military history of Britain during World War II Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A hole was blasted through the German lines by First Army, and the newly activated US Third Army under Patton passed through to exploit.
		Walcheren guarded the northern approaches to Antwerp and thus had to be stormed.
		In the last great amphibious operation of the war in Europe, British Commandos and Canadian troops captured the island in the late autumn of 1944, clearing the way for Antwerp to be opened and for the easement of the critical logistical problems the Allies were suffering.
	www.ipedia.com /military_history_of_britain_during_world_war_ii.html (13340 words)

	Untitled Document
		On Walcheren there were several of these fortresses or burgs: Domburg, the dune burg in the North; the Southern burg, Souburg and one in the middle of the island.
		The present Canal through Walcheren was completed in 1873 and although it still has an important function for various Middelburg firms, the large number of ships can be accounted for in the recreational sector.
		All through the year the inhabitants of Middelburg have these attractive advantages on hand, for which hundreds of thousands of tourists, from home or abroad, come to visit the island of Walcheren: beaches, woods, and last but not least Lake Veere, which serves as the centre for the extremely popular windsurfing sport.
	www.friendshipforcezeeland.nl /NL2/Middelb_1000.html (2113 words)

	Canaletto Definition / Canaletto Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		His style was characterized by an elaborate capturing of architectural or natural features, as well as the specific quality of each place's lighting....
		Giovanni Antonio Canal (October 7October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years).
		He was a son of a painter Bernardo Canal, hence his nickname Canaletto.
	www.elresearch.com /Canaletto (298 words)

	Walcheren Causeway - www.canadiansoldiers.com
		Walcheren Causeway was a Battle Honour granted to Canadian units participating in actions near the causeway linking South Beveland and Walcheren Island in the The Netherlands during operations from 31 Oct 1944 to 4 Sep 1944, as part of the Battle of the Scheldt.
		The 40 yard wide Walcheren Causeway contained a road, a set of railway tracks, a bicycle path, and a thin line of poplars.
		While many Germans retreated over the causeway to Walcheren Island, others chose to surrender to the Allies instead; their losses in dead and wounded had been heavy.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=Walcheren_Causeway (1384 words)

	Deltawerken - Middelburg
		Middelburg is the capital of Zeeland and is situated on the peninsula of Walcheren.
		The town of Middelburg is split into two by the Canal of Walcheren.
		Only in 1873, when the Canal through Walcheren was excavated, were the bulwarks slightly modified.
	www.deltawerken.com /Middelburg/408.html (339 words)

	Canal through Walcheren (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The railroad entering Walcheren from the east not cross this canal but bends south runs along it.
		Now in its tenth edition which is revised by David Jefferson, Through The French Canals by Philip Bristow deftly describes and accessibly illustrates 39 scenic routes through waterways ranging from the English Channel to the Mediterranean.
		The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Through the Lens of Sir Robert Cotton
	www.freeglossary.com /Canal_through_Walcheren (182 words)

	Battle of the Scheldt - www.canadiansoldiers.com
		After the failure to clear many of the Channel Ports in Sep 1944, the need for port facilities north of Normandy grew acute; Allied supply lines were moving farther and farther away from Normandy, where most of their supplies were landing in Europe, resulting in very long supply runs by truck to the Allied armies.
		The attack opened immediately east of the junction of the Leopold and Dérivation de la Lys Canals, aimed at a narrow strip of dry ground beyond the Leopold which formed a long triangle based on the Maldegem-Aardenburg road and reaching a point near the village of Moershoofd 5000 yards to the east.
		Once positions on the Beveland Canal were cleared, German resistance on South Beveland collapsed and remnants of the German forces there withdrew to Walcheren Island.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Scheldt&printable=yes (1895 words)

	panoramaphoto.org
		The former island Walcheren was an important part of the German Atlantikwall.
		The coastline from Vlissingen to Westkapelle dominated the entrance of the river Schelde which is entrance to the port of Antwerp in Belgium.
		Although the town of Antwerp and its harbour were liberated it could not be used by the allied forces because the entrance was blocked by the German defense line at Walcheren.
	panoramaphoto.org /ww2 (341 words)

	The Battle of the Scheldt - Veterans Affairs Canada
		The second was to clear the Breskens "pocket" behind the Leopold Canal, and the third was the capture of South Beveland.
		Finally, on October 9, an amphibious assault broke the enemy's hold on the canal, and the bridgehead was deepened.
		This left the island of Walcheren as the last obstacle to securing the port of Antwerp for Allied use.
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /remembers/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/scheldt/battle (731 words)

	Waterway Spa -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		At one time, canals were built mostly for small wooden barges drawn by horses or other draft animals.
		Due to the construction of the railways and the style of construction of most UK canals, large parts of the UK's canal system were abandoned in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
		At the present time, canal restoration in the UK is carried out by a mixture of volunteers and professionals working on a large variety of projects.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/166/waterway-spa.html (760 words)

	The Battle of the Scheldt - Veterans Affairs Canada
		The 4th Canadian Armoured Division, which had been engaged at the Leopold Canal, moved north of the Scheldt and drove hard for the town of Bergen-op-Zoom.
		By October 24, the entrance to South Beveland was breached and secured and the 2nd Canadian Division began the advance into South Beveland, assisted by an amphibious landing by the 52nd British Division.
		Thus this formidable defence was outflanked and the 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade began a frontal attack in assault boats.
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/netherlands/scheldt (988 words)

	The Atlantic Wall Linear Museum © 2005
		The line of bunkers is situated in the polder landscape of the isle Walcheren.
		Dragon teeth hindrances were built in the dunes in the west and west of the canal through Walcheren.
		What is, however, quite intact, is the land front between Valkenisse and the canal through Walcheren.
	www.atlanticwall.polimi.it /museum/bunker/bunker_netherland.php?inventory_ID=119 (624 words)

	Middelburg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The first mention of Middelburg was as one of three defensive points (the burg 'in the middle') erected on the island of Walcheren to guard against Viking raids.
		Part of the 18th century moat and defence works however were demolished in the 19th century to make way for a Canal which crosses Walcheren from Vlissingen to Veere.
		Much of the old city centre was bombed flat on May 17, 1940 by the German Luftwaffe, to force the surrender of the Dutch armies in Zeeland.
	72.51.33.237 /cgi-bin/nph-surf.cgi/010110A/uggc/ra.jvxvcrqvn.bet/jvxv/Zvqqryohet=252P_Argureynaqf (411 words)

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		The 12./S.R.3 and elements of Pi.Btl.39 have to cross the canal in Arquennes while the 3./K.3 crosses the canal at Renissart.
		The division forbids crossing the canal at this location and redirects the Kpfgr.
		Kpfgr.Jesser reports that the canal is defended by organized defence-lines.
	chrito.users1.50megs.com /1940/mai/17mai40west.htm (2014 words)

	mus4alb
		Much later, after re-establishing radio contact with the Battalion, "C" Company crossed the canal to join the patrol and was advised that the bridgehead had been taken.
		The key to utilising Antwerp was the control of Walcheren Island and the Breskens area: whoever occupied these areas effectively controlled the Scheldt Estuary shipping lane into Antwerp.
		The only way Walcheren Island could be approached by land was by using the Walcheren Causeway, linking the island to the South Beveland Peninsula.
	www.calgaryhighlanders.com /muse5.htm (687 words)

	N°100 \| Middelburg Station district
		The area along the banks of the Walcheren Canal (Kanaal door Walcheren) divides the town of Middelburg into two separate parts.
		A master plan has been developed in which the canal banks are transformed into an area with attractive public meeting places, room for new offices and sites for unconventional housing developments.
		A new and modern town centre with an attractive working environment in which it is pleasant to stay in public areas and to live in unconventional townhouses and apartments.
	www.nweurope.org /page/projetIdea.php?p=&id=100 (303 words)

	1. Naar Oostende (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On the canal Tineke prepares her delicious tortelini meal accompanied by a salad with lattice and avocado, let dig-in.
		Exactly on time (01:45) we started going through the railway bridge and followed the bridge operators on their way in a dark and silent Amsterdam.
		Through the lock at Veere and quickly onwards to Middelburg where we moored in the town marina just after 21:00.
	www.xs4all.nl /~tmwh/sc/sc1e.html (1802 words)

	Army Air Forces in World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal south of Zon was found destroyed but a crossing was soon made on an improvised bridge, and by last light this force reached Bokt.
		By the first evening the bridges over the Maas at Grave and over the Maas-Waal Canal at Heumen had been taken intact, while the high ground southeast of Nijmegen was occupied, as well as that south and southwest of Groesbeek.
		The bridge over the Maas-Waal Canal at Hatert was found damaged and that at Malden had been blown up by the enemy.
	www.usaaf.net /ww/vol4/vol4pg6.htm (1113 words)

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		All through the next day, May 14, the status of the bridgehead remained in doubt as the French mustered local reserves against it, but by the morning of May 15 Reinhardt's engineers had put in a pontoon bridge, and reinforcements poured across it.
		By May 23, Rundstedt's tanks had incurred 50 percent losses, and the terrain beyond the canal line, crisscrossed by waterways and flooded lowlands, was unattractive for armor.
		Although air attacks would continue through much of the war, the Battle of Britain per se was over by mid-October as Hitler turned his attention toward the Balkans and the Soviet Union.
	www.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_4.html (5402 words)

	Noonsite: Netherlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		There is access through Vlissingen with a standing mast via the Canal through Walcheren with connections to Dordrecht and Rotterdam.
		However, there are speed limits in force on the canals and lakes, varying between 5 and 9 knots in different areas, which should be checked.
		On many of the canals and rivers yachts must keep to starboard and have their engines prepared for use.
	www.noonsite.com /Countries/Netherlands?rc=Formalities (974 words)

	Personal comment from Links from Ashdown Sailing Club re Arun Sails (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Before the cruise began, I knew little about the Dutch canal system, believing them to be similar but perhaps wider and straighter than UK canals.
		We crossed the Antwerp shipping channel to Vlissingen and entered the Dutch canal system - wider and straighter than UK canals, lined with avenues of trees, clusters of wind turbines (the modern Dutch windmill), dykes and tow paths which are used now by joggers and cyclists.
		Middleburg marina spreads along two canals in the town centre, accessed by opening bridges and controlled by a friendly Harbour Master responsible for berthing and operating the bridges.
	www.ashdownsailing.org.uk /Log2003NovHolland.htm (3422 words)

	Vlissingen - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Nowadays each year 50,000 ships from all corners of the world pass through the river Schelde.
		Tourist are very pleased with this phenomenon, because nowhere in the world ships pass this closely to the shore.
		After 1870 a period of revival occurred as a result of the building of new docks, the canal through Walcheren, the railway and the establishment of the shipyard called The Schelde.
	www.vlissingen.nl /vlissingen/show/id=331262/textonly=130728 (301 words)

	Kloosterman Genealogy,Short history of Zeeland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		At the same time, the Canal through Walcheren and the Vlissingen harbour works were completed.
		The most important changes were the appearance of trams on Walcheren and later, also in Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen and on Schouwen.
		In 1928, the island of Tholen was connected to Noord- Brabant by a bridge across De Eendracht.
	www.kloosterman.be /zeeland-eng.php (1118 words)

	USS Leader (MSO490)
		In early morning the force received word that Den Helder was closed due to ice, and the group altered course for Flushing, Holland, arriving on 17 February for upkeep through the 25th.
		The ships began a sonar survey of the canal on the 6th, in support of an intraservice exercise, "Kindle Liberty." Illusive worked the Atlantic approach to the Panama Canal, while LEADER surveyed the waters between the approaches to Gatun Locks and Colon Harbor.
		On 10 February, the MSOs minehunted the entire canal, from Gatun Anchorage to the Rodman Naval Station, except for the two locks and the Gailland Cut.
	www.ussleader.org (11445 words)

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