England under Charles II. from the Restoration to the Treaty of Nimeguen, 1660-1678: English History from Contemporary Writers
Taylor, W. F.
1889
Victory over the Dutch.
Pepys' Diary, ed. , vol. ii., p. 243. June 3, . | |
This day they engaged: the Dutch neglecting greatly the opportunity of the wind they had of us, by which they lost the benefit of their fire ships. Admiral Opdam blown up, Trump [Van Tromp] killed, and said by Holmes; all the rest of their admirals as they say but Everson, whom they dare not trust for his affection to the Prince of Orange, are killed: we have taken and sunk, as is believed, about twenty-four of their best ships; killed and taken near eight or ten thousand men, and lost we think not above seven hundred. A greater victory never known | |
69 | in the world. They are all fled; some forty-three got into the Texel and others elsewhere, and we in pursuit of the rest. |