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counterattack could materialise. After the warehouses had been burnt and perceiving that the troops were more interested in looting than destroying the town, he ordered also that a few houses on the east side should be set on fire. This way he could force his men to stop plundering, preventing them from lingering too long and missing the favourable tide. It had been a very dry summer and within hours almost the entire town burnt down: only about thirty houses, the town hall, the Dutch Reformed church and the Brandaris lighthouse were spared by the flames. The English troops mostly retreated in good order; to urge them to greater haste Holmes even ordered them to be fired on. One ketch was left behind to pick up possible stragglers, and late in the afternoon it indeed saw some men carrying loot; while the ketch sent a sloop, suddenly six (according to English sources; Dutch accounts speak of three) pursuing Schellingers appeared who beat one plunderer to death and took the other, severely wounded, prisoner, sending him to Harlingen. A third, belonging to the same group, had earlier been stabbed to death by them with a

1266:'good neighbourship' between Protestant brother nations. Everybody understood that in wartime soldiers would plunder, but laying waste to an entire town, as Holmes had done, was seen as a betrayal of mutual trust and thus caused a storm of indignation. Many pamphlets were written dedicated to the "Sack of ter Schelling", highlighting the presumed atrocities committed by the English. Such accusations had only a limited factual basis; the number of civilian casualties had been low. After the English had left, the operator of the northern fire beacon of Schelling was found slain and the remains of two invalid elderly women were discovered in the charred ruins of their houses; they had apparently been unable to escape the fire when it reached their homes. In some pamphlets these tragic facts were translated into a brutal massacre of the population, with English soldiers callously burning alive decrepit grandmothers. Charles's ordering of bonfires in these circumstances was condemned as a show of particularly poor taste. 1294:

town was and that it was burnt more by accident than intent, Holmes, according to them, not intending to terrorize the population. This reflected a changed mood in England. After the first feeling of satisfaction had subsided, a more sober analysis brought many to the conclusion that the raid had done the Dutch much harm, but the English little good. Although it was to be the largest single loss of shipping ever to be afflicted to the Dutch merchant fleet, 130 ships represented only a minor fraction of the total number of merchantmen, so the blow was hardly fatal. Nothing constructive had been accomplished; no major prizes taken, nor goods, no permanent base established on the islands. The destruction of ter Schelling was seen as a foolish act that could lead to a dangerous escalation. Nobody relished the prospect of the Dutch taking revenge on the largely defenceless towns of the English east coast.

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vessels; the destruction of only 114 merchantmen and warships can be accounted for in the Dutch archives. Among the losses were two Hollandic transports carrying five hundred cannon imported from Sweden. Almost all sailors saved themselves, most rowing in sloops to Harlingen and some walking or wading over the Kracksant shoal to Vlieland. The English were not keen on taking many prisoners as—to their great embarrassment—they lacked the funds to feed even those they had taken in previous battles. However, in 2013 Anne Doedens accepted the number of two thousand deaths mentioned in a letter by French ambassador in the Netherlands d'Estrades. The same number was mentioned by William Coventry in a letter to Ormonde on 18/28 August 1666.

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spreading out in all directions, soon reported that the population had fled, some to more eastern villages, others on any vessel they could find; three companies now entered to plunder and burn the town, while Holmes with two hundred men remained on the outside to the south. Some very old inhabitants had not fled and were, according to the English accounts, treated with all possible respect.

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Dutch ships whose crews held firm were surrounded by burning vessels and forced to leave their position. Fleeing ships entangled and became easy victims, as the southeasterly wind drove them towards their attackers. During the following hours the ships one after another became victim of the fire until the last remaining nine were saved when a large

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In the Dutch Republic also a change of mood took place. The initial dismay was replaced by a dogged determination to continue the war and repair the damage done. The Republic had for the time a strongly institutionalised system of poor relief; and as ter Schelling was unable to help its poor, aid was

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and Baerding, who had been committed to supervise the fleet at the Texel and hearing of the English threat had travelled to the more northern island to investigate. They managed to encourage the men and reassemble a force on the land head and then returned to the Texel, promising to send a company of

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of the Amsterdam Admiralty, which had been used as a permanent guard ship for the Vlie since 1652 and was armed with twelve cannon, all three-pounders. Its captain, Oostwoud, fled in a sloop to the west. The English set fire to the gun boat, but shortly afterwards quenched it again, taking possession

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When after the successful raid it seemed that Charles was still trying to prolong the talks, De Witt suggested some "light spoiling" to be carried out on the English east coast, but Lieutenant-Admiral De Ruyter protested vehemently against such a change of policy after which the Grand Pensionary had

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The English accounts of the raid that were published later that year did not make this connection. However, while self-congratulatory when covering the burning of the fleet, their tone turned apologetic as the destruction of ter Schelling was described. They emphasized how neat and well-laid out the

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occurred. This led to a new wave of Dutch pamphlets and poems linking these events, often showing two engravings, the Destruction of ter Schelling at the left mirrored by that of London on the right. To the Dutch mind the connection was obvious: London had been destroyed as a Divine retribution, the

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Holmes learned that Rupert had ordered an immediate retreat, so he decided to forego a last attack on Vlieland; unknown to him the first Dutch reinforcements had already arrived preparing to place two gun batteries, so his decision prevented a contested landing. Accompanying the Dutch troops was the

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would only be able to free herself by throwing eight of her cannon overboard and the beer supply. In these circumstances Holmes considered it unwise to commit his landing force, covered by only a handful of frigates, to an attack on what basically was an empty dune area, while expecting the enormous

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should be carried out on Terschelling. Dutch shipping was but a secondary target: "You are to seize what vessels you finde in the Harbour, which you are to make use of in bringing away the Booty: what are not servicable you are to sink or Burn". The common people among the local population should be

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it would well into the 18th century remain common to raid villages of other nations, even in peacetime, the English and Dutch had gradually stopped attacking each other's coastal settlements around the middle of the 16th century, reaching a situation in the North Sea of what the Dutch liked to call

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The smoke and flames were clearly visible to the English fleet before the Texel, twenty miles to the south, and interpreted as a sure sign that Holmes had succeeded in burning the warehouses. Accordingly, Rupert and Albemarle sent him a congratulatory letter ordering his immediate withdrawal as the

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Seeing the confusion on the Dutch side, Holmes decided to immediately exploit this opportunity. Every available sloop—Dutch sources indicate a number of 22—was manned with demolition teams of a dozen men each to set fire to any vessel they could reach, not wasting any time plundering. Soon even the

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but on the 18th the English were already so close that the official 'buoy man' had not dared to complete the job. Also the Admiralty had some days before ordered all ships to return to the home port, at a penalty of six guilders per day, but almost none had complied; most ship-owners had explicitly

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tried to outdo each other in the amount of money given, soon enough funds were available to shelter the poor for the coming winter and make a start with rebuilding the town. The Great Fire of London brought most to the conclusion that God had already avenged the destruction of ter Schelling, so no

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Holmes in the evening of 19 August became aware he had been misinformed; the main shore installations were on the opposite island, Terschelling, in this period called simply Schelling. On its western point was a town, then bearing the prosaic name of 'ter Schelling' ("at Schelling"), that today is

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Meanwhile, the civil militia of Vlieland, standing on its eastern land head, had at first, assisted by a thunderstorm, deterred any attempts by small English landing parties and prevented a peat boat being reached by demolition sloops. But, seeing the conflagration, they lost courage and fled with

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and some armed ketches stood and fought and thus managed to protect some other vessels behind them in a cul-de-sac formed by the Inschot creek. The action ended around 20:00. About 130 ships were destroyed; according to Holmes himself, eleven ships in total escaped. Not all of these 130 were major

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A true and perfect narrative of the great and signal success of a part of his Majesties fleet under His Highness Prince Rupert, and His Grace the Duke of Albemarle, burning one hundred and sixty Dutch ships within the Ulie : As also the town of Brandaris upon the Island of Schelling, by some

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under Captain Van Toll. The crews of the ships were very confident of their ability to repulse an attack and many villagers from the islands had even brought their possessions aboard, assuming these to be more safe there than on land, where they expected the brunt of the English attack would be

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occurred, which would greatly facilitate the exit of his frigates from the Vlie. Holmes therefore decided not to burn the eastern villages, to remove his troops from Terschelling, quickly execute a short landing at Vlieland in conformation with his original orders, and retreat before any Dutch

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fire but were soon scared away when six English companies came ashore—though Holmes's personal report gives the impression that all of his troops were committed. Holmes left one company to guard the landing site and let the other five march in close formation to the edge of the town. Scouts,

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As the English had no special marine units, a makeshift force was assembled for the landing which consisted of 300 men from each of the three squadrons of the fleet, two thirds of them sailors, one third sea soldiers. Eight frigates were dedicated:

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Heemskerck convinced Rupert and Monck that an attack was feasible as "(...) the islands of Vlie and Schelling were very ill guarded, notwithstanding there were Store-houses both for the States, and the East-India Fleet, and Riches to a good value".

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had taken a Danish merchantman with a Dutch pilot on board who Holmes found more capable than Heemskerck, whose knowledge of the shoals Holmes found to have been very exaggerated; it also transpired that part of the

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Holmes's orders were to put the main emphasis on plundering the islands. He himself was to land on Vlieland with a force of five hundred men; if possible a simultaneous attack by the remaining four hundred men under

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Lord punishing Charles for having dared to rejoice at the calamity of his fellow Christians, "the sparks of the fire of Schelling crossing the sea, blown by the same easterly that would relentlessly burn London".

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of twelve cannon and destroyed ter Schelling, all of this at a cost of half a dozen dead, an equal number wounded, and a single sloop—and despite being rather ill throughout the operation, perhaps from a

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to be lit in celebration of the victory, as was usual. A poem thus expressed the boisterous elation felt by the English, that their victory in the naval fight was so soon followed by this success:

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On 21 August (11 August Old Style), Holmes returned to the main fleet and could report, using Howard as messenger, to Monck that he had destroyed "about 150 ships", captured the old

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the Dutch marines had strict orders not to plunder or destroy any civilian property, in order to shame the English. That at least some of the English understood this, is shown by

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would develop into some dramatic paintings. Engravings made of the paintings, with explanatory notes, are an important additional source of information for modern historians.

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and it was, correctly, assumed that a large number of merchant ships were at anchor here, sheltering from the English fleet and waiting to resume their voyage to the

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While the main fleet remained at anchor along the coast of Texel island, Holmes on 18 August (8 August Old Style) sailed towards the Vlie, being joined that day by

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given orders to stay, to be able to sail immediately at the end of the English blockade. Holmes and his new-found pilot personally reconnoitred the channel in the

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to perpetual banishment. Heemskerck in 1666 suggested executing a raid on the Vlie and later, in 1672, fought on the French side against his countrymen at the

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Holmes didn't dare to venture any further with his frigates—he was at his position almost enclosed by shoals—so, with the exception of the shallow-draughted

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special retaliation on English coastal towns was necessary. However, when the following year Charles deliberately procrastinated the peace talks held in

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In later Dutch accounts of the raid the burning of ter Schelling would be much emphasized. It was kept alive in memory by a famous legend, that of the

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behind as a covering force. Normally the shifting shoals would have made an approach very difficult but Holmes had a stroke of luck. On the 17th the

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Satellite image of Vlieland, with the Vlie estuary to the north; despite it being flood tide, the mudflats are visible below the water surface

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De Witt however, deftly exploited the situation to his advantage. Having arrested on 19 August the main English contact with the Orangists,

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most of the population, some using small vessels, others walking towards Texel. On their way south they encountered two deputies of the

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Directly south of Vlieland, some ships had in vain sought cover in the Monnickensloot creek behind the fifty years old gun boat

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anchorage (Whalers' Moorage or Schelling Road), west of the Hobbesandt shoal, to his puzzlement he saw only a tiny village,

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Holmes on Thursday 19 August, the adverse southeasterly having eased to a breeze, around 8:00 AM entered the Vlie, using

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spared: "that no violence be done to women or children, nor the inferior sort of people, unless in case of resistance".

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and the continental coast. Harlingen's exit to the North Sea, located 20 miles (32 km) to the northwest, is the

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Satellite image of Terschelling. The broad white beach visible at the western tip of the island, the former

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sandbank, did not exist in the 17th century; Holmes's approach route into the Vlie today crosses solid land

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Indeed, Holmes had been ordered to give priority to the shore installations on Vlieland. However, when his

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At 05:00 am on 20 August, Holmes ordered his forces to attack the town, himself taking the lead in

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The most attractive Dutch targets were however also the most dangerous. In the south, the port of

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commanded men under the conduct of Sir Robert Holmes, the eight and ninth of this instant August

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of the same name, a very distinctive landmark. Terschelling was the main home base of the Dutch

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Map of the Vlie area as it was in the 17th century; the present situation is markedly different

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offered by several municipalities, including Harlingen. Also most churches in the province of

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Robert Holmes sets fire to the Dutch fleet at Terschelling, 19 August, by Willem van de Velde

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industry and there were warehouses, some connected to this trade, others belonging to the

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had strongly increased, with the loyal servant of the States regime, Lieutenant-Admiral

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Dutch Warships in the Age of Sail 1600–1714: Design, Construction, Careers & fates

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Creators and Destroyers of the English Navy – as related by the State Papers Domestic

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to admit such actions would be "counterproductive and even somewhat unchristian".

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A. J. Van der Aa, (1867). Biographisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden, Vol H. p. 349

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alight, most of the Dutch crew, among them Adelaer, drowning when their fleeing

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Roemruchte jaren van onze vloot: 1665 - 1666 - 1667 — De Tweede Engelse Oorlog

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past most of the still active vessels of the Dutch fleet, lying in wait in

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where the larger vessels of the English fleet were laid up. During this

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that shows her pointing to the graveyard, facing an easterly breeze.

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that it was justified to end the war by a devastating raid on

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present, ships hoping to sail for France, Spain or Portugal.

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held special collections of donations; as the rivalling

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attack. A day earlier, the secretary of prince Rupert

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Much of the credit however, was given to Heemskerck.

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Our streets were thick with bonfires large and tall

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