[1667]
Anglo-Dutch war continues until July 31, Peace of Breda: De Ruyter raids Medway. March 31 secret Anglo-French treaty. War between France and Spain in the Netherlands.
Background - from official documents in the archives
[dr 5/1, 7/1, 22/1 see in item 15]
10/5 ... letters received from the Lords XVII dated October 23, 1666 ... ordering that work on the new Fort* to cease until further orders, and our garrison to be reduced as far as possible, sending the excess men to Batavia ...
20/11 [Letter thus dated from XVII, quoted in Resolutions of 16/2/71] ... the pole with the French arms set up ... in the Bay of Saldanhia ... ordering, if the said pole were not already removed, this to be done at once ...
28/11 ... arrived Buynskerken ... sailed from Texel June 3 [news of de Ruyter's Medway raid]
24/12 ... appeared in the afternoon ... the three return-ships ... the flutes* Wapen van Hoorn and Alphen ... and the yacht* Constantia ... left Batavia October 8 ... under the command of Jan van der Werf, Skipper of Wapen van Hoorn ...
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