The Failure of the Walcheren Expedition 1809: An unfortunate casualty of external factors or a lost cause from the outset?

Walcheren was a disaster for the British Army and could have cost the country the Napoleonic Wars. The causes of this defeat have long been debated, with blame mostly placed on the devastating Walcheren Fever that swept through the army. This thesis, submitted as part of a Master's of Arts in Military History, explores whether the outbreak of disease was a convenient excuse and whether the expedition was a failure from the very beginning.