| The only way to make sure that the supplies required by the campaign in Europe could enter the continent was to capture the Scheldt. |
| These islands are formed in the mouth of the Scheldt, by the sea, or by the different branches of the Scheldt itself. |
| The coastal stretch from the Elbe to the Scheldt rivers, however, was held by the Frisians, on whom the Saxons had great influence. |
| Between it and the sea lay the West Scheldt estuary, passing through parts of Belgium and Holland which the Germans still controlled. |
| These would send forward forces over the Scheldt estuary into the Isles, supplied by overseas shipping. |
| The Port of Antwerp have launched a wide market consultation on the 1070 hectares that will be developed on the left bank of the Scheldt. |
