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www.192.twehindthethethreeships,thetthias,theunity,
andthecharlesv.,allprizestakenfrohedutch,shouldbe
ored,andthatthejonathanandfortofhoninggenalsoa
dutchprizeshouldbealsopostedthere.
havingarrahis,theduke,thereto
seeaboutgettingsoofthegreatshipsrevedfroheirs
offgillinghauptheriver.tohisfury,hefoundthat,ofallthe
eighteenhundredneloyedintheyard,hanhalfadozen
hadreiheiren,
occupiedinrevingtheirgoodsihaste.eventhefrigates
thatedhadbutathird,atst,oftheircrewsonboard,so
nyhaviedoothebackheirpay.
thatnight,sirry,sirher
offiiralty,e
ofthese,espeeofiththe
duke,roundlyforthestateofthingshprevailed,
tellierthatheainisfortunes
thatghtoedallthe
greatships.inspiteoftheeffortsofalltheseofficers,but
littleuldbedoheofhands,andtotherefusal
ofthedoall
batteryofsandbagsedoppositeupnor,andafew
gunsplapositionthere.
severalshipsheelaboveupnor,andafewof
thoselyingoffgillinghatlehelpdown
froondon,fortheeffortsoftheauthoritiesedwholly
tothedefehetrainbandss,
fireshipstedoutadoogravesend,and
batterieserectedthereandattilbury,whileseveralshipsweresunk
intheel.
thedutchreisheeessfrohe7thtothe12th,andhadit
notbeenforthesnduen,chathaldhavebeenput
intoagoodstatefordefence.asitlittleuldbe
effected;andingup
theriver,thecesofsuccessfulresistanceall.
thefightncedbyadutchfrigate,ndedbycaptainbrakell,
advangagainstthe.carriedupbyastrongtidea
heshipstruckithsuchforcethatitatoncegavehe
englishfrigates,butanned,uldofferbutslight
resistandthejonathanuredbybrakell.
folloeoffireships,once
grappledatthias,unity,charlesv.,and
fortofhoninggehelightbatterieson
theshunsofthefleet,hen
anenofhfive
fireships,advanced,exgedbroadsides,astheyalong,h
theroyaloakalyengagedupnor.theyh
sohotafirefrohecastle,andfrohebatteryopposite,where
siredself,that,afterati,they
gaveupthedesignofasdingtothedockyard,e
occupiedapositionhigheruptheriverthanatpresent.
thetideosla,andtheydoubtlessfearedthata
nueroffirebargesghtbelauheidtheyventure
higherup.ontheheylaunchedafireshipattheroyal
oak,ndedbyesspeedily
nicatedtotheship,andthecreooktotheboatsandrowed
ashore.captaindouglasrefusedtoleavehisvessel,andperishedin
theflas.therepivenbythesixch
nottoattetanythingfurtheragainstchathaoh,they
setfiretothehulks,theloyallondonandthegreatjas,
andcarriedoffthehulkoftheroyalcharles,aftertheenglish
hadtriedtodestroyherbyfire.asthisheshipinh
thedukeofalberle,thengeneralnk,hadbroughtthekingover
toenglandfroolland,hercaptureph
forthedutdaspecialdishonourtous.
thedukeofalberlehadlefteup.as
theofcreedhisbeingofahere,andhesaw
thatsiredhateof
theplace,hepostedbacktolondon,ly
required,apletepanicreigning.crobledatehall,
andinsultedthekingandhisnistersasthecauseofthepresent
sfortunes,deptfordandhesailorsandtheir
entofour
sailorshadbroughtthesethingsabout,andsohostileheir
ionsthattheoffiiraltyscarcedaredshow
theelvesireets.
cyrilhadreichathathedukehavingrendedhiosir
edeentlenandafewsailors,
hadhebatteryoppositeupnor.
thegreatproportionofthedutchshipsillatthenore,asit
ohavehazardedsogreatafleetinthe
narroenofwar,on
thechatharanashore,andhadtobebut.theyhad
alsosixfireshipsbut,andlostoverahundredandfiftyn.
leavingadralvannessouthofthe
thas,deruytersailedfirstforharptedto
landeninboats,supportedbythegunsofthe
fleet.theboats,hooeffectalanding,beien
off,ilitiandruyterthen
sailedforportsuth,hento
torbay,heuedtothe
uthofthethas.
onjuly23rd,vanness,enofhe
hope,edhisflagonboarda
squadroeenships,offiveesa
fireships.asharpeensued,butthe,
andtheenglish,bytoaolaythebr >
alongsidethedutchfireships,aroyedtheseha
lossofonlysixenglishships.but,thehenrising,siredward
retiredfrohehopetograveseedbythe
gunsattilbury.
theday,beingjoinedbysirjosephjordan,all
ships,hetooktheoffensive,aroyedthelastfireshipthat
thedutchhadleft,andpelledthenoforetire.sir
edhhislittlesquadron,andvanness,ashe
retireddoetbyfivefrigatesandfourteen
fireshipsfroar.thedu
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