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	Battle of Solebay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Battle of Solebay, which took place on 28th May 1672, marked the opening of the Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672-4),.
		The battle finally ended at sunset, where the possible return of the French division and the failing light caused the Dutch to withdraw.
		The badge of HMS SOLEBAY incorporates the White Rose of York to commemorate the Duke of York's role in the battle.
	www.tosd.demon.co.uk /battle.htm (763 words)

	HMS Solebay (D70) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was named after the Battle of Solebay which took place in 1672 between an Anglo-French force and the Dutch Navy during the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
		Solebay was intended to join the 19th Destroyer Flotilla of the British Pacific Fleet, but the war against Japan ended while Solebay was working up in the Mediterranean, and so she returned to Home Waters.
		Solebay was positioned in the middle of her sister-ships Cadiz and Corunna.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Solebay_(D70) (509 words)

	Battle of Solebay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Burning of the Royal James at the Battle of Solebay, 7 June 1672 by Willem van de Velde the younger.
		The Battle of Solebay, 7 June 1672, was the first naval battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
		A fleet of 75 ships of the United Provinces, commanded by Lieutenant-Admirals Michiel de Ruyter, Adriaen Banckert and Willem Joseph van Ghent, surprised a joint Anglo-French fleet of 93 at anchor in Solebay, Suffolk, on the east coast of England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Solebay (408 words)

	Battle of Solebay - TheBestLinks.com - England, June 7, James II of England, Royal Navy, ...
		Battle of Solebay - TheBestLinks.com - England, June 7, James II of England, Royal Navy,...
		Battle of Solebay, England, June 7, James II of England, Royal Navy, Suffolk...
		HMS Solebay of the British Royal Navy was named in honour of the battle.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Battle_of_Solebay.html (348 words)

	Battle of SOLEBAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Watchers on the shore during the battle were unable to see the ships due to the smoke.
		The French responded and towards the end of the battle were sailing North in pursuit of the Dutch.
		The Battle of Sole Bay was a tactical triumph for the Dutch.
	www.ship-wrecks.co.uk /BattleofSOLEBAY.htm (2044 words)

	Battle of Solebay -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Battle of Solebay, 7 June 1672, was the first (A pitched battle between naval fleets) naval battle of the (additional info and facts about Third Anglo-Dutch War) Third Anglo-Dutch War.
		There was some confusion when the Dutch fleet appeared on the horizon, and the French fleet, whether through accident or design, fled south and took no part in the battle.
		The fleets met again at the (additional info and facts about Battle of Schooneveld) Battle of Schooneveld in 1673.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/battle_of_solebay.htm (334 words)

	Battle Definition / Battle Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Generally, a battle is an instance of combat between two or further parties wherein each group will seek to defeat the others.
		Battles may be small scale, only involving a handful of individuals, perhaps two squadsA squad is a military unit consisting of several soldiers, larger than a fire team but smaller than a platoon.
		Battle is a non-profit organization based in Worcester, MA that is organizing Eyes on the Screen.
	www.elresearch.com /Battle (330 words)

	Fire ship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Maarten Tromp's attack on the Spanish fleet moored off the Kent coast in the Battle of the Downs in 1639.
		Michiel de Ruyter's attack on the anchored English fleet at the Battle of Solebay in 1672 in which HMS Royal James was burned and her captain Edward Montagu killed.
		Thomas Cochrane's attack on the French in the Battle of the Basque Roads in 1809.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Fireship (219 words)

	Naval Officers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		He was at the Battle of Solebay, and his ship suffered 13 killed, 17 severely wounded, and 18 lightly wounded.
		(30 guns) in 1673, and fought at the Schooneveld Battles and at the Battle of the Texel.
		At the Battle of the Texel, we assigned to Jan de Liefde's division.
	kentishknock.com /officers2.htm (3894 words)

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		The military situation which finally resulted in the battle of the Metaurus and the triumph of Rome may be summed up as follows: To overthrow Rome it was necessary to attack her in Italy at the heart of her power, and shatter the strongly linked confederacy of which she was the head.
		The battle of Trafalgar, fought October 21, was therefore separated by a space of two months from the extensive movements of which it was nevertheless the outcome.
		Since the battle of Lepanto in 1571, though engaged in many wars, no sea victory of any consequence shines on the pages of Spanish history and the decay of her commerce sufficiently accounts for the painful and sometimes ludicrous inaptness shown on the decks of her ships of war.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/13529/13529.txt (14726 words)

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		Ten years after the battle of Cassel, Ghent set the example of general opposition; this example was promptly followed, and the chief towns flew to arms.
		But the duchy suffered nothing by this event, for the militia of the country had not followed their duke and his nobles to the war; and a national council was now established, consisting of eleven persons, two of whom were ecclesiastics, three barons, two knights, and four commoners.
		Nine months after the battle of Morat he re-entered Lorraine, at the head of an army, not composed of his faithful militia of the Netherlands, but of those mercenaries in whom it was madness to place trust.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/0/5/8/10583/10583.txt (17683 words)

	Third Anglo-Dutch War - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Battle of the Texel, 11–21 August 1673 by Willem van de Velde, painted 1683, depicts a battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
		English naval support to the French was countered by Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter, who defeated the English in the Battles of Solebay in 1672, and Schooneveld and Texel in 1673.
		When the Dutch allied themselves with Spain — which had been itself at war with the Netherlands until 1648 — France withdrew its forces from the territory of the Republic in 1673.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Third_Anglo-Dutch_War (312 words)

	Grenadier Guards - Regimental Service
		The 1st Battalion, under the Duke of Cumberland, was present at the battle of Fontenoy, soon after which it was brought home owing to the Jacobite rising in the Highlands.
		The 2nd Battalion embarked for Holland and was present at the battle of Val.
		They were then engaged near Dewetsdorp and subsequently took part in the battle of Biddulphsberg and the operation in the Wittebergen which culminated in the capture of General Prinsloo and 4,000 Boers.
	www.medwaygrenadiers.org /regservice.htm (1434 words)

	Third Anglo-Dutch War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Texel, 11–21 August 1673 by Willem van de Velde, the younger, painted 1683, depicts a battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
		Charles had supported the orangist party in the hope William would consent in making the Republic a British protectorate to save it from the French, but to his dismay discovered the stadtholder hadn't the slightest intention of doing so.
		English naval support to the French was countered by Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter, who defeated the English in the Battle of Solebay in 1672, the double Battle of Schooneveld and the final Battle of Texel in 1673.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Third_Anglo-Dutch_War (393 words)

	BHC0302 : The Burning of the 'Royal James' at the Battle of ...
		The Battle of Solebay was the opening battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War, 1672-74.
		From 1672 the depiction of sea battles from the English side became a priority but unlike his father's they were not usually eyewitness accounts.
		However, from early 1674 both the van de Veldes were expressly patronized by Charles II for this purpose, the father to draw sea fights and the son - who was by far the more accomplished painter - 'for putting the said Draughts into Colours'.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /mag/pages/mnuExplore/PaintingDetail.cfm?ID=BHC0302 (798 words)

	COMTE DE TOURVILLE - LoveToKnow Article on COMTE DE TOURVILLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		He was present at the battle of Solebay (June 7, 1672), and in the action on the coast of Holland in the following year, when Prince Rupert commanded the English fleet.
		When England withdrew from the alliance, the scene of the naval war was transferred to the Mediterranean, where Holland was co-operating with the Spaniards.
		He particularly distinguished himself at the battle of Palermo on the 2nd of June 1676.
	50.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TO/TOURVILLE_COMTE_DE.htm (1737 words)

	Solebay Association Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		H.M.S. The H.M.S. SOLEBAY Association was formed to provide former shipmates from all commissions the opportunity to keep in touch, and to meet.
		It is open to anyone who served in this Battle Class destroyer between 1945 and 1962 or who has an interest in the ship.
		Battle Class destroyers that formed the backbone of the Royal Navy's destroyer squadrons until the 1960's.
	www.tosd.demon.co.uk (163 words)

	BELLUM - Alfred Thayer Mahan - THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER UPON HISTORY, 1660-1783
		His battles of the war of 1672 were no "affairs of circumspection," though they were fought circumspectly; his aim was no less than the enemy's total overthrow, by joining good combinations to fury of attack.
		Three naval battles were fought in 1673, all near the coast of the United Provinces; the first two, June 7 and June 14, off Schoneveldt, from which place they have taken their name; the third, known as the battle of the Texel, August 21.
		The battle of the Texel, closing the long series of wars in which the Dutch and English contended on equal terms for the mastery of the seas, saw the Dutch navy in its highest efficiency, and its greatest ornament, De Ruyter, at the summit of his glory.
	www.bellum.nu /literature/mahan006.html (8744 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - Chronologies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Battle of Lake Champlain: Macdonough defeats Downie in "the greatest naval battle of the war" and a major American victory.
		Battle of the Falkland Islands: SMS Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Leipzig, and Nürnberg sunk by HMS Invincible and Inflexible.
		Battle of Leyte Gulf, comprising Battles of Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Strait, Samar, and Cape Engaño.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_000108_chronologies.htm (5827 words)

	Bruce Von Stetina's Maritime Paintings and Battle Scenes
		His portfolio includes paintings of various clippers, a 4' X 6' scene of the Battle of 1666 from the Second Anglo-Dutch War and a 4' X 6' oil depicting the battle between the USS Constitution and HMS Java.
		Scroll down the page to see the painting Bruce is currently working on, a 4' X 5' oil of the Battle of Solebay.
		The battle of Solebay was fought on May 28, 1672.
	www.vonstetinaartworks.com /id1.html (947 words)

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		It is not enough that a leader should have the ability to decide rightly; his subordinates must seize at once the full meaning of his decision and be able to express it with certainty in well-adjusted action.
		By the battle of Tsushima the territorial object was completely isolated by sea, and the position of Japan in Korea was rendered as impregnable as that of Wellington at Torres Vedras.
		All that remained was to proceed to the third stage and demonstrate to Russia that the acceptance of the situation that had been set up was more to her advantage than the further attempt to break it down.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/5/0/7/15076/15076.txt (20732 words)

	War Literature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Battle of Monte Cristo (or the Battle of Elba)
		De Ruyters fleet at the Battle of Stromboli 1676 January 8
		Dutch fleet at the Battle of Palermo 1676 June 2
	kentishknock.com /warliter.htm (67 words)

	ART / 4 / 2DAY
		— The Battle of the Texel, 11-21 August 1673 (1680, 114x185cm; 436x700pix, 48kb) The Battle of Texel was the last battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War, 1672-1674 between the Dutch on one side and the English and French on the other.
		In the centre of the picture is the 'Royal Prince' of Admiral Sir Edward Spragge and the battle is shown focused on her defence against Tromp's repeated attacks with gunfire and fireships.
		Captured in battle by John at Mirebeau-en-Poitou on 01 August 1202, Arthur (several years older than he looks in the picture) was imprisoned and, according to tradition, was murdered either by John himself or at his order.
	www.safran-arts.com /42day/art/art4dec/art1218.html (6842 words)

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		Battle of the Kentish Knock scenario (8 October 1652)
		Battle of Portland scenario (28 February to 2 March 1653)
		Battle of the Virginia Capes scenario (5 September 1781)
	anglodutchwarsblog.com /Articles/Documents/PrivateersBountyScenarios.html (292 words)

	WHKMLA : The Third Anglo-Dutch War, 1672-1674
		In Europe, the English navy, at times in combination with the French navy, faced the Dutch in the Battles of Solebay (June 6th 1672), Kijkduin (Aug. 1672), Schoneveld (Juni 1672), Kijkduin (Aug. 1673) and Texel (1673, all Dutch victories; credit to Admiral Michiel Adrianszn de Ruyter).
		The Dutch policy was to cut England off her communication with overseas; a Dutch fleet left for the Americas, briefly retook the New Netherlands (Aug. 9th 1673, English since 1664) and caused the New Englanders to flee Boston.
		De Slag bij Kijkduin 1673 (the Battle of Kijkduin 1673), from Fort Kijkduin, in Dutch
	www.zum.de /whkmla/military/17cen/anglodutch3.html (469 words)

	Marlborough (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		He rose rapidly under York's patronage and was promoted to Captain at the naval Battle of Solebay in 1672.
		With battle obviously imminent, the young Burgundy became nervous and insisted on avoiding battle but Vendome disagreed.
		In the closest fought battle of the war, the victory was gained by the determination of Marlborough and Eugene who persisted in their efforts when others would have withdrawn their forces.
	www.great-british-commanders.com /new_page_11.htm (2158 words)

	Sea Battles: pre 1704
		In many ways they are the least interesting of Monamy's works, most of them perhaps produced during the years from 1704 to about 1720; although the Vauxhall painting of the English and the Algerines was much later, probably c 1735.
		Inevitably, Monamy's paintings of actions during this period can only be derivative, or else wholly imaginary, and it is ludicrous to stress dependence on earlier painters when historical battles are reproduced.
		Captain Morgan Kempthorne, the Kingfisher, died 1681 in battle against Algerine pirates.
	www.cichw.net /pmbatsa.html (877 words)

	TOURVILLE - Online Information article about TOURVILLE
		By this time he was known as one of the best officers in the service of King Louis XIV.
		fine order avoiding being brought to battle, but also failing to inflict any harm on his opponent.
		Gibraltar, but again he kept his fleet in battle order, and a large part of the convoy escaped.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /TOO_TUM/TOURVILLE.html (1487 words)

	Wooden Model Ships - Sovereign of the Seas
		The mighty ship was part of the Battle of Kentish Knock against the Dutch.
		She was grounded at the end of the battle and spent the rest of the first Dutch War at port.
		Later on she participated in the Battle of Solebay, also against the Dutch Navy.
	www.woodenmodelships.com /ta01.shtml (138 words)

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