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WAR IN FOCUS
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THEBATTLEOFSCHEVENINGEN
Painted 1808
Painted by Abrahamsz Beerstraten some 150 years after
theevent,thisdepictsthedecisivebattleoftheFirst
Anglo-Dutch War. After defeat off the coast of Suffolk
in June 1653, the Dutch fleet had been forced back
into its port. Pursuing were over a hundred warships
under George Monck, which proceeded to blockade
the Dutch coastline and cripple the country’s
economy. On 31 July the Dutch fleet attacked
the blockade, but the English fleet
proved the victor, effectively
ending the war.
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