Ayscue attacks an outward-bound Dutch convoy, escorted …
Years: 1652 - 1652
August
Ayscue attacks an outward-bound Dutch convoy, escorted by twenty-three men-of-war and six fire ships commanded by Vice-Commodore Michiel de Ruyter, on August 26, 1652, but is beaten back in the Battle of Plymouth and relieved of his command.
