Recall of the 1665 Battle of the Ditch Dutch Fleet
A reader recalls the 1665 naval engagement between the English fleet under Albemarle and Rupert and the Dutch under De Ruyter and Tromp. The four day fight near the Channel ends with English retreat, Dutch victors, and notable heroism including Albemarle’s rear guard and Offory’s determined support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Duke of Beaufort
Toulon
de Ruyter
Tromp
Duke of Albemarle
Prince Rupert
Albemarle
Protector
George Ayfeue
William Berkley
de Wit
John Harman
Everit
D. Rayter
van Tromp
Earl of Offory
Ormond
Europe
Offory
Beaufortes
Vangurthd
Albmarle
George Ayrcue
Two Nations Clash At Sea In Formidable Encounter
With little time and a fleet that grew more formidable, the sea action drew all Europe to witness a contest between two great powers. Dutch boast of burning or destroying shore ships contrasted with the resolve of the opposing nations, suggesting the clash would not easily yield a decisive result for either side.
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Europe
Lincoln’s Inn Hall
Miss Hartford
Dunaburgh
Buckingham House
Lord Maccartney Posslesses
India
Teale for twenty one years on Forden tythes proposed
A committee of the Worshipful Company of Grocers plans a meeting at Grocers Hall London on Wednesday January 31 1781 at five o clock to lease the great and small tythes of Forden Montgomeryshire for twenty one years from Midsummer next. Proposals in writing sealed with the Clerk may be left. A separate notice offers a reward for returning 142 sheep stolen from Long Stow near Caxton Cambridge including marked animals and a reward of five guineas for information leading to conviction.
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Worshipful Company of Grocers
Grocers Hall
Poutry
London
Great
Forden
Montgomeryshire
Long Stow
Caxton
Cambridge
George Hetts
Long St W
Pleasure and business United pocket ledger 1781
An 1781 pocket ledger advertisement listing its price 1s 8d bound with notes bills and pockets. It details contents: Parliament lists new members. peers. military instructions. a gods and heroes history. ages of European sovereigns. coastal distances. act abstracts. county demographics. interest tables. bankers. price lists for goods. and measurement tables. Printed at Fleet Street and sold by booksellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earsly
House of Peers
Aciina
Sumner
England
Terrtadle
D Ff
Hearfly
Flee’street
English Fleet in Storm Off Cape Finisterre Dispersed
Paris reports indicate Admiral Darby's English fleet suffered a severe storm near Cape Finisterre, with eight ships returning to Plymouth disabled. Some sources doubt the tale, claiming the fleet remains off Ushant awaiting a French move, while dispatches note detachments for the West Indies and Rochambeau in America. The Count d Estaing was said to be near Cape Vincent as of November 26, weather permitting.
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Holland
Ono
France
Flinders
Paris
Eis
Darby
Cape Finisterre
London
Plymouth
Ushant
England
Leas
Brest
M. de la Touche Treville
Count d’Estaing
Wihant
Windward
Bret
Icis
M. de Rochambeau
America
Ivis
d’Estaing
Cape Vincent
Dutch War Rumor Fails To Move Amsterdam Trade Plans
Letters from Edinburgh to Jamaica mention ships like the Cygnet sloop of war seeking Quebec, Kingston provisions, and enemy captures. Military notes from Camden, 1780 describe Cornwallis and Rawdon advancing in Carolina toward Virginia and North Carolina, with expectations of winter operations and a sickly army recovering in moderating weather. A Queen Maria Theresa oath is cited, plus a judiciary case about wardship and seduction, and news of deaths, politics, and prizes at Guildhall with medical advertisements and auctions.
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Marquesgain
Holland
Amsterdam
France
America
Edinburgh
Jamaica
Corke
Quebec
Kingston
Carolina
Glasgow
Camden
Lord Cornwallis
Rawdon
Salisbury
New York
Virginia
North Carolina
Chile
Greenock
Otober
Diana
Pandora
Newfoundland
Salem
Boston
Engeland
Ireland
Maria Theresa
Hungary
Andrew II
East Indies outbound ships sail from Gravesend
Wind northeast. Several vessels failed this morning including the Redaey packet Connor bound for the East Indies and His Majesty's ship Ifis. Other ships listed include Dromedary, Tom, Bedlington, Good Intent, Langley, Mary Ann, Philoker, Strannach, Baltick Merchant, Sally, Betsey, Cass, Petersburgh, Elizabeth, Ocean, Michells, Dirks, Hamburgh, Francis, Sally Wells and Koningsburg bound ships or crews awaiting orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Redaey
Connor
Ex Indies
Ifis
Angi
Gravesend
Pat
Bedlington
Good Intent
Brace
Retention
Langley
Mary Ann
Philoker
Strannach
Sinclairs
Sally
Betsey
Cass
Petersburgh
Elizabeth
Wittigrote
Ocean
Michells
Joanna
Dirks
Tom Hamburgh
Francis
Wells
Koningsburgh
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STR
George Hett
James Ramsay
His Majesty’s Navy
G. Robinson
Paternofter-row
N.B
Maritime School
Andrew Duncan
Charles Day
Pleasure and Business United
Potteript
Beneft
John Merriy
Humberston
Leith
Harpues Street
John Fothergill
Richmond
Royal College of Physicians
Royal and Antiquarians Societi’s
Backler
All Souls College
Oxford
Wenman
All Souls
Monkhouse
Queen’s College
Zocol
H. Stehrs
Northumberland House
Charing
Cross
F. Newbery
Dr. James's
St. Paulis Churchyard
Cheapside
B. Newebery
Ludgate Street
Richardson and Co
M. Randall
Royal Exchange
Four Sisters
Ginger
Panter and Co
Joseph Squire
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