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1 666. clrons, which were commanded by DeRuyter, Evertzen and Van Tromp. TheEnglijh being come up, on the five andtwentieth of July, with the DutchFleet, they came to another Engage-ment j Which happened North-East andby East of the North Foreland.

&' e gin n i n Str Thomas Allen, with the White

°Ue Squadron, begun the Fight, about Noon,by attaching the Dutch Admiral Evert-zsn. About one o’Clock, Prince Ru-pert and the Duke made a furious At-tack upon De Ruyter, and, after aFight of about three Hours, in whichthey were very roughly handled, theywere obliged to leave their Ship and goaboard another. In the mean Time,fh e j, r . the Friejland and Zealand Squadrons,and " under Evertzen, were put to Flight byj ® ala nd Allen j And this Admiral, with hisVice-1 P Ut topr S Admiral De Vries, and his Rear-Admi-i ra ^ Koenders killed: In this Action the

! oj '^F/ag. Zealand Vice-Admiral Blankert, beingkd, ers kil left, was taken and burnt by theEngliJh,as was likewise the Snsck (or Snail) aj 5 Ship of fifty Guns.

! S^yter’s Prince Rupert and the Duke, seing1 r ° u tel° n the Success of the White Squadron re-doubled their Fury with the Red, a-gainst De Ruyter, whom they engag-ed Ship to Ship. In this Fight a DutchFirejhip was funk ; And the Ship Guel-derland of sixty-six Guns, one of DeRuyter's Seconds, rendered uncapable ofAction: But the Captain of an EnglijhFire-ship, attempting to grapple her,miscarried, and was forced to set Fireto his Ship too soon. Another DutchFire-ship was burnt by the Englijh , and

most of the Men drowned. Captain 1666.Ruth Maximilian, another of De Ruy-ter's Seconds, was kill’d, and the tWQ ci-thers, Nyhof and Hogenhoeck, mortallywounded. After there Losses, severalof De Ruyter's Squadron began to taketo their Flight; His Vice-Admiral VanNes only stood bravely by him, and wasvery much disabled: But being, atLength, deserted by all but eight ornine Ships, and bore down with Num-bers, this brave Admiral found himselfobliged to yield to Necessity, and followthe Rest.

Van Tromp was, all this while, hot- Van Tromply engaged with the Blue Squadron, un-der Sir Jeremy Smith, where having pi eet fy agained some small Advantage, he in- Stratagem,discreetly fullered himself by Degrees,to be drawn away to so great a Distancefrom the Rest of the Fleet, that it wasnot in his Power to assist his Friends,when they were in Distress. As thiswas an inexcusable Error on his Side j Soit appears to have been a Master-pjeceof Policy (and so some Dutch Writerstake it) on the Side of the Englijh ;

Smith's Squadron being the weakest onour Side, and Van Tramp's the strongest,on the other. In this Part of the Fight, .

Van Tramp's Rear-Admiral Hoen waskill’d, and Van Meppel's, the Vice-Ad-miral’s, Ship terribly shattered, havingalone a Hundred Men killed and wound-ed. On the Englijh Side, the Resolu-tion, a Man of War, commanded byCaptain Haiman was burnt by a DutchFire-ship.

There

another Musket-ball taking him in the Neck, hedied, after having given the most signal Proofs ofIrt y his Courage, to the very last Gasp.

Mirm I must not omit the gallant Behaviour of Sir

be J oh nHarman,who,bema disabled, amidst aNumberof the Enemy's Ships, was grappled by a Fireship,but freed again by the desperate Resolution of theBoatswain, who swung on Board the Fireship,and having ungrappled, got on Board again ; Forwhich valiant Deed, he was afterwards made Cap-tain of the Ruby. The Enemy finding this Fire-ship spent,without Effect, sent off a second, which,having grappled, set Sir Johns Ship on Fire.His Men, upon this, began to jump over-board,to avoid the Flames: But Sir John , with hisSword drawn, run among them, and threatnedthose with immediate Death, who should refutetheir Assistance to free the Ship, and quench theFlames. This had its Effect,, and worked up sucha Resolution in the Men to use their joint Endea-vours, that, at Length, they got the Fire under;But, the Cordage being burnt, a Yard fell uponSir John , and broke his Leg. The Enemy, seingthis sent off a third Fireship ; But four of SirJohn's lower Tire-Guns funk her, before she goton Board: The Dutch Vice-Admiral Evertzen,upon this, offered himQuarter; But Sir John told

him, it was not come to that yet: And the lastBroadside he gave killed the Dutch Vice-Admiral jUpon which, the Enemy leaving him, he got intoHarwich. Here he repaired his Ship, as well asthe short Time he had would allow, and, havingset up Jury-Masts, notwithstanding his brokenLeg, put to Sea again, thinking to share in theHonour of the last Day’s Engagement; But itwas ended before he could reach the Fleet.

I shall conclude these Remarks in the Wordsof a professed Enemy of the Englijh, the famousPensionary De Wit , as related by a Gentleman,whose Credit and Authority will hardly be called Sir willhmin Question. “ The Englijh (said De Wit to Sir T™,,'’/

“ William Temple) got more Glory to their Na- OrfafL &- c" tion, and the invincible Courage of their Sea-“ men, by those Engagements, than by the two“ Victories of this War; To which he added,

" He was sure, their own People (the Dutch)

" could never have been brought on, the follow-“ ing Days, after the Disadvantages of the first,

" And he believed no other Nation was capable" of it but the English.

This Testimony from a profesied Enemy, notonly by Nation, but by Personal Interest, is a no-ble Trophy erected to the everlasting Honour ofour EngHfl Seamen.