The ensuing mêlée battle continued until nightfall, as the outnumbered English ships could rely on their stronger gun batteries to keep the Dutch at bay.

In the process of health legislation there is often the presumption that these rules will promote health, but how do we actually ascertain this?We and our partners use cookies and similar technologies to collect information from your device, such as your IP address and the pages you’ve visited. Colonel Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam then became the new Dutch supreme commander of the confederate fleet. Using our global network and partnerships, we’ll have the ability to anticipate market trends and develop shared solutions to help grow future success for the entire value chain. De Ruyter then proceeded to Newfoundland, capturing some English merchant ships and temporarily taking the town of St.

In 1665, the Charles Fort played a major role in successfully defending Barbados from attack by the Dutch (commanded by Admiral Michiel de Ruyter) who had attempted a surprise assault from the east. He made an attempt to blockade the English fleet in the Thames with 30 ships in May 1673 but it had already put to sea, [47] so he decided to rendezvous with the rest of the Dutch fleet in the coastal waters of the Schooneveld, where by late May he had assembled a fleet of 50 large ships together with frigates and fireships, 64 in total. When it comes to teaching, as its Director, I co-founded the Amsterdam Law Practice with many others, which is a legal experiential and clinical programme for 17 masters at the Law School. We and our partners also use cookies and data to manage the advertising shown on our services, including to personalise it and measure engagement. However, although his destination was supposed to be secret, news had leaked out and had been sent to the French governor, which allowed the greatly outnumbered French defenders time to prepare a strong defensive position.

Peace was signed a month later [21] Before leaving the Baltic, de Ruyter and other flag officers were granted an audience by Frederick III of Denmark. Most of the hired English merchant ships neither attempted to aid their warships nor pursue the Dutch merchant ships. We strive to advance the science of greenhouse and glasshouse production not only for today, but far into the future.