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2. Siege of Dunkirk (1646) - Wikipedia

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   The Siege of Dunkirk was a siege commenced by France under the command of Louis, le Grand Condé with naval support of the Dutch Republic under the command of admiral Maarten Tromp, who were able to blockade the city to help Condé's siege.

3. Dunkirkers - Wikipedia

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   The Bombardment of Dunkirk by a combined Anglo-Dutch fleet, 1695. After 1621, when the Twelve Years' Truce ended, the Dunkirkers captured on average 229 merchantmen and fishing vessels per year from the Dutch. By 1628, they had also seized 522 English vessels, primarily fishing boats but also ships carrying munitions and victuals to the Dutch. [4]

4. Dunkirk - Wikipedia

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   The city along with Fort-Mardyck was awarded to England in the peace the following year as agreed in the Franco-English alliance against Spain. The English governors were Sir William Lockhart (1658–60), Sir Edward Harley (1660–61) and Lord Rutherford (1661–62). On 17 October 1662, Dunkirk was sold to France by Charles II of England for £ ...

5. Siege of Dunkirk (1658) - Wikipedia

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   The siege of Dunkirk in 1658 was a military operation by France and the Commonwealth of England intended to capture the fortified port city of Dunkirk, Spain's greatest privateering base, from a Spanish garrison strengthened with English Royalists and French Fronduers.

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7. Battle of the Dunes (1658) - Wikipedia

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   Dunkirk was Spain's greatest base for privateers, and these privateers had wreaked havoc on English merchant shipping. [ c ] It was defended by a garrison of about 3,000 in May 1658, [ 14 ] while an English fleet of 18 ships, [ 15 ] under Edward Mountagu , blockaded the port and prevented any reinforcement or supply by sea.

8. Action of 18 February 1639 - Wikipedia

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   Admiral Antonio de Oquendo was given the command of this fleet. As the French and Dutch armies had blocked the Spanish Road, Spain's main route by land, the reinforcements could only be sent by sea. [7] Following the orders of Olivares, the Spanish Squadron of Dunkirk, under the Navarrese Admiral Miguel de Horna, prepared to join Oquendo at A ...

9. Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) - Wikipedia

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   The Anglo-Spanish War was a conflict between the English Protectorate and Spain between 1654 and 1660. It was driven by the economic and religious rivalry between the two countries, with each side attacking the other's commercial and colonial interests in various ways, such as privateering and naval expeditions.