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The Dutch in the Medway Kindle Edition

by P. G. Rogers (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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The daring raid on the Medway in June 1667, when the Dutch navigated the treacherous shoals and sandbanks of the Thames estuary and the Medway in order to attack King Charles's ships laid up below Chatham, was one of the worst defeats in the Royal Navy's history, and a serious blow to the pride of the English crown. Perhaps the greatest humiliation was the removal by the Dutch of the flagshipRoyal Charles, towed down river after the raid and taken back to Holland. Her stern piece resides in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam to this day. The raid, intended to bring to an end English procrastination at the peace negotiations in Breda, was to cause simmering resentment and lead eventually to the Third Dutch War. As Pepys wrote in his diary on 29 July 1667, "Thus in all things, in wisdom, courage, force, knowledge of our own streams, and success, the Dutch have the best of us, and do end the war with victory on their side." P G Roger's account of the raid, and its significance within the Second Anglo-Dutch War between Britain and the United Provinces of the Netherlands, is vividly told and he sheds much interesting light on the English navy of Pepys's day. His particular knowledge of the Medway and the topography of Gillingham and Chatham also enables him to describe the manoeuvres at a level of detail that has not been replicated. This edition of a classic work will delight a whole new generation of readers.
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"Rogers writes crisply and economically." --Warship, as part of the publication's Naval Books of the Year

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P.G. ROGERS served in Intelligence in the World War II and then taught history before entering the Foreign Office in 1948.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Seaforth Publishing (February 28, 2017)
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  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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  • John the Reader
    5.0 out of 5 stars Burning my town!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2011
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    This is the book I intended to write and I started researching, collecting and reading in order to do so, after I read Mr. Pepys, in great distress, groaning and crafting defenses of his beloved Navy Board when, in 1666 the Dutch Fleet under Admiral de Ruyter sunk and fired the Royal Navy guard ships, broke the chain across the river and sailed up the Medway from my home-town Sheerness, which they had already captured, and burnt the English fleet at Samuel's beloved Chatham Dockyard.
    Author Phillip Rogers had the same motivation as I had - Kent lads, born and bred in the Medway Naval towns, spending our early days sailing and messing about in boats in the Thames Estuary, Medway and Swale rivers. These were our home towns the Dutch burnt!

    Having now read and thoroughly relished this history - and dipping back into the Samuel Pepys diaries for the respective dates as I did so - I can only give a pleasurable sigh and shelve the book, for later rereading I am sure. There is nothing else I could add to the story that Rogers so carefully researched and has skillfully written.

    Unless there is an unfound store of the personal stories of the participants somewhere? Perhaps in Holland .. or in the Kent Archives? I wonder if ...
    No. Phillip Rogers has told the story too well!
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  • Laurence R. McAneny
    4.0 out of 5 stars An important Dutch victory
    Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2018
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    This is a finely focused history by a writer who knows the Medway well.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
    Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2021
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    A fascinating time, well written and easy to read
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  • Huronshore
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book of this largely unknown (in US) daring Dutch ...
    Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2017
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    Excellent book of this largely unknown (in US) daring Dutch Naval humiliation of the British Navy right on their doorsteps.
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  • Bayard B.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! Describes British and Dutch viewpoints. Accompanied by two very good maps.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2019
    This is an excellent book on the Dutch attack up the Medway River toward Chatham from Sheerness and the Thames estuary. It describes the attack from both the British and the Dutch points of view. It also describes the political and military backgrounds that led to the attack. There is much discussion on the British naval corruption and administrative incompetence that led to the fiasco. The text is accompanied by two excellent maps depicting the North Sea area between eastern England and the United Provinces and the details of the Thames, the Medway, and the accompanying towns and islands.
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  • Jim Embrey
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2017
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    Just a great read of something I'd always wanted to know about in full. Very clearly written.
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  • Gazza W
    4.0 out of 5 stars the Plague, the Fire and the embarassment.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2020
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    After the plauge of 1665 and the great fire of London in 1666, when the Dutch sailed up the Medway in 1667, hte English were begining to think God had deserted them. I discovered the events on the Medway by accident a few years back, so was delighted to find this book. As a summary, The Dutch and English were trading rivals both before, during and after the English Republic. This book gives some background to that, including previous wars as both countries sought to build their Empires, but not surprisingly its main focus is on the Dutch raid at Chatham in 1667 and the capture of the English Flag Ship which was taken back to the Netherlands. Ironically following the embarassment of this event to the English peace was sought, and part of the terms of peace was that the former New Amsterdam was now officially New York. Using contemporary diaries, including Pepys, official paperwork primarily from England but also the United Provicenses as they were then, the book covers the lead up to and then a day by day account over 4 days in June when the Dutch warships sailed up the Thames and the Medway, causing panic and caused a lot of introspection afterwards. There are a few errors in the text, spelling mostly, but this does not detract from the show of seamanship and bravery of the Dutch Sailors and the terror in England. I am not going to give a synopsis of the book, but will say if you have any interest in Dutch, English, Stuart, Naval or Kent History this really is a good book to read, not least as it covers something that will not appear in your general history books and was written by an author, who inspired by the celebrations in 1967, sat down to write this book. It does finish with an overview of what happened next. Needless to say, there was a massive enquiry (and scapegoating) in England, huge celebrations in the Province, a short land skermish at Felixstowe, but within 5 years Cornelius De Witt was murdered by his own people and by 1688 Charles was dead, James was overthrown and a Dutchman, William III was on the throne.
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  • R J LONNON
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 31, 2017
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    Loved it fantastic historical read
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