A true relation of the late great sea fight as it was sent in a letter to his excellency the Lord General Cromvvell, from Gen. Blake and Gen. Monck. Wherein is a list of what Dutch ships were taken and sunk, with the number of prisoners. Likewise the number of what men were slain and wounded on our side.

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A true relation of the late great sea fight as it was sent in a letter to his excellency the Lord General Cromvvell, from Gen. Blake and Gen. Monck. Wherein is a list of what Dutch ships were taken and sunk, with the number of prisoners. Likewise the number of what men were slain and wounded on our side.
Author
Blake, Robert, 1599-1657.
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London, :: Printed by Henry Hills, and are to [sic] sold at his house in Py-Corner, and by Thomas Brewster at the three Bibles in Pauls Church-yard,
1653.
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Anglo-Dutch War, 1652-1654 -- Early works to 1800.
Naval battles -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"A true relation of the late great sea fight as it was sent in a letter to his excellency the Lord General Cromvvell, from Gen. Blake and Gen. Monck. Wherein is a list of what Dutch ships were taken and sunk, with the number of prisoners. Likewise the number of what men were slain and wounded on our side." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A76809.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 9, 2024.

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A List of the Dutch Ships taken and sunk, with the number of Prisoners; Likewise the number of men slain, and wounded in our own Fleet, viz.

On Thursday.
  • Four or five Dutch Ships sunk.
On Friday.
  • Dutch Prisoners 1350. Whereof six Captains.
  • Dutch Ships taken, 11.
  • Sunk, six.
  • Water Hoys taken, two.
  • Dutch Ships blownup amongst their own Fleet, two.
  • Sunk by that Disaster, one.
  • ...

Page 6

  • Men slain in our own Fleet, 126.
  • Whereof one Captain.
  • Wounded, 236.
  • Not one Ship lost on our part.
FINIS.
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