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A letter from General Blakes fleet with the particulars of the great and bloody fight with the Dutch, : neer Goodwin Sands, on Tuesday night last. And the pursuit of the Hollanders by the English then and since. Also the particulars of the losse on both sides.

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Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Printed for Robert Ibbitson dwelling in Smithfield neer Hosier Lane, 1652.
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Blake, Robert, > 1599-1657. Naval battles > Early works to 1800. Anglo-Dutch War, 1652-1654. > Early works to 1800. Great Britain > History, Naval > Stuarts, 1603-1714 > Early works to 1800.
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