[1689]
England and Holland join the ‘League of Augsburg’. The ‘Nine-Years' War’ continues.
Background - from official documents in the archives
27/1 ... The ship Alkmaar was seen to anchor in the roads, sailed July 27 from Texel ... Northabout* ... had 37 dead and brought about 104 sick ... so weak that they could not bring out their bower anchor* ...
1/2. The French fugitives brought by Alkmaar were provided with proper food, good care taken of their sick, and those fit sent ashore ...
26/4 ... In the afternoon a ship under a French flag sailed into the bay ... [two skippers] sent with armed longboat* and skiff* to board the said ship and seize for the Hon. Company. Meanwhile [an officer] came to salute His Honour in the name of his Captain Monsieur de Courcelles ... and was taken prisoner ... the Normande, here two years previously, had left Pondichery on February 17 for France ... 40 prisoners brought ashore ...
5/5 this morning comes from Saldaignbaay to anchor the long-awaited Handboog ... towards evening le Coche came to the roads ...
6/5 ... the ship Nederland seeing le Coche ... bringing up her cannon from the hold ... opened fire ... as did all the ships anchored here including the English Nathanael ... [Le Coche surrendered]
15/6 ... towards evening came the ship Schieland [outward]
19/9 [Nederland sailed]
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