The English Parliament, mistakenly believing the Dutch…

December 1652 CE

The English Parliament, mistakenly believing the Dutch to be near defeat after the battle of the Kentish Knock, has sent away twenty ships to strengthen the position in the Mediterranean.

This division of forces had left Blake with only forty-two men of war by November, while the Dutch are making every effort to reinforce their fleet, and this leads to an English defeat by Tromp in the Battle of Dungeness in December.

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Maarten Tromp View → Robert Blake View →

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