Life of Lieut.-Admiral de RuyterK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1896 - 258 стор. |
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... French pirates from Dunkirk . A mutiny soon stopped his cruising , after he had taken one vessel says Brandt , and he was chased home by thirteen Dunkirk privateers . His biographers know nothing about the years 1638 and 1639 , but in ...
... French pirates from Dunkirk . A mutiny soon stopped his cruising , after he had taken one vessel says Brandt , and he was chased home by thirteen Dunkirk privateers . His biographers know nothing about the years 1638 and 1639 , but in ...
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... French pirates . Going on board the captain's vessel to inquire the reason , de Ruyter was asked significantly whether he felt thirsty . He replied that he would drink willingly . " Wine or water ? " inquired his captor . " If I'm a ...
... French pirates . Going on board the captain's vessel to inquire the reason , de Ruyter was asked significantly whether he felt thirsty . He replied that he would drink willingly . " Wine or water ? " inquired his captor . " If I'm a ...
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... French from Dunkirk , though in alliance with the Seven Provinces , attacked their trade , and it required every artifice of trading captains to escape them . Provided with the flags of the principal European nations , a Dutch trader ...
... French from Dunkirk , though in alliance with the Seven Provinces , attacked their trade , and it required every artifice of trading captains to escape them . Provided with the flags of the principal European nations , a Dutch trader ...
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... French coast . The Dutch fleet , being of lighter draught than Blake's , was , however , protected by the sands . Night , for the third and last time , divided the struggling navies before Blake could bring up the whole of his force ...
... French coast . The Dutch fleet , being of lighter draught than Blake's , was , however , protected by the sands . Night , for the third and last time , divided the struggling navies before Blake could bring up the whole of his force ...
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... French privateers were doing great damage to Dutch trade , although the French were supposed to be on the best of terms with Holland . On one occasion , when chasing two of these vessels , he hoisted English colours , wetted the sails ...
... French privateers were doing great damage to Dutch trade , although the French were supposed to be on the best of terms with Holland . On one occasion , when chasing two of these vessels , he hoisted English colours , wetted the sails ...
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