1. Maritime Scheldt (downstream of Antwerp open anchorage

2. Antwerp definition, a seaport in northern Belgium, on the Scheldt

3. Antwerp was a deep water inland port connected to the North Sea via the river Scheldt.

4. In the Battle of the Scheldt, the Canadian First Army successfully cleared the area, allowing supply convoys direct access to the port of Antwerp by November 1944.

5. It was fortunate that the "Water Rats" had accumulated an almost unique experience of amphibious warfare, for now the knowledge gained on the beaches of Normandy and the shores of the Scheldt was invaluable.

6. The Archducal regime had plans to bypass the blockade with a system of canals linking Ostend via Bruges to the Scheldt in Ghent and joining the Meuse to the Rhine between Venlo and Rheinberg

7. By September, 1944, it had become urgent for the Allies to clear both banks of the Scheldt estuary in order to open the port of Antwerp to Allied shipping, thus easing logistical burdens in their supply lines stretching hundreds of miles from Normandy eastward to the Siegfried Line.

8. Anvers: 1 n a busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river; it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460 Synonyms: Antwerp , Antwerpen Example of: city , metropolis , urban center a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent

9. Antwerp is situated on the Schelde (Scheldt) River, about 55 miles (88 km) from the North Sea.The Schelde, together with the Meuse and the Rhine, forms the biggest estuary in western Europe, and Antwerp is an essential part of an enormous harbour complex, one of the greatest in the world.The harbour installations of Antwerp grew especially after World War II.