Fight in the Channel

Name: Fight in the Channel
Start: 1639-09-16
End: 1639-09-17

16 Sep 1639 – 17 Sep 1639 · 50.95° N, 1.86° E

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When: 16 Sep 1639 – 17 Sep 1639
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 50.95° N, 1.86° E
Description: 1639 naval battle
Naval: yes

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Fight in the Channel

1639 battle of the Eighty Years' War

The Fight in the Channel took place on 16 and 17 September 1639 when a Dutch squadron under Admiral Maarten Tromp and Admiral Witte Corneliszoon de With, met with a much larger but poorly led Spanish fleet under Antonio D'Oquendo, consisting of 40 to 45 men–of–war and 40 to 50 transport vessels filled with some 13,000 Spanish soldiers who were being transported to Dunkirk. Tromp with 12 ships spotted the Spanish flee…

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Eighty Years' War2 Jun 1568 · Civil war

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Fight in the Channel

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