Darius
Smith, Wesson, and me
Huge victories on land and sea!!! The year 1671 will certainly always hold a special place in the hearts of all Dutch and Belgian patriots.
- For the last two years, the flagships of the Dutch Republican Navy, based in Den Haag, have been given explicit orders to NOT engage the French vessels attacking Antwerp. Our intention was to give the French a false sense of security, and the ruse worked perfectly.
At midnight on the 14th of May, 1671, a date which will undoubtedly be a holiday for our citizens in the future, Dutch galleons slipped out of Den Haag and engaged the vulnerable French ships in the North Sea and the Wester Shelde, and destroyed 4 stacked units north of Antwerp, 2 stacked units northwest of the ruins of Bruges, and another 2 stacked units immediately north of Calais.
- The French have blundered equally on land, as our veteran troops found three French demi-culverins just southwest of our fortress near Liege, with absolutely no defensive escort. If these tactics continue to be used by our enemies, they can expect only disaster.
- Dutch-funded privateers have emptied the Spanish colony of Trinidad and slaughtered some French slaves and arquebusiers working on a project east of Port-au-Prince.
We wonder just what France is getting from the Spaniards that she would be willing to accept huge losses like these.
- For the last two years, the flagships of the Dutch Republican Navy, based in Den Haag, have been given explicit orders to NOT engage the French vessels attacking Antwerp. Our intention was to give the French a false sense of security, and the ruse worked perfectly.
At midnight on the 14th of May, 1671, a date which will undoubtedly be a holiday for our citizens in the future, Dutch galleons slipped out of Den Haag and engaged the vulnerable French ships in the North Sea and the Wester Shelde, and destroyed 4 stacked units north of Antwerp, 2 stacked units northwest of the ruins of Bruges, and another 2 stacked units immediately north of Calais.
- The French have blundered equally on land, as our veteran troops found three French demi-culverins just southwest of our fortress near Liege, with absolutely no defensive escort. If these tactics continue to be used by our enemies, they can expect only disaster.
- Dutch-funded privateers have emptied the Spanish colony of Trinidad and slaughtered some French slaves and arquebusiers working on a project east of Port-au-Prince.
We wonder just what France is getting from the Spaniards that she would be willing to accept huge losses like these.
