The British nation a history / by George MWrong . e leaders who op-posed him. England and Holland were old commercial rivals, andwere sure to fight until one or the other had establishedWar with ^^^ Supremacy upon the seas. Against Claren- Holland, plague dons wishes, Avar was declared in February,^ ^® 1G65. The Parliament supported the king with huge grants of money. There was great excitement,and on June 3, 1665, the English won a bloody victory offLowestoft. It was at this time that they seized the Dutchcolony of New Amsterdam and transformed it into XewYork. While the war raged plague appe
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . e leaders who op-posed him. England and Holland were old commercial rivals, andwere sure to fight until one or the other had establishedWar with ^^^ Supremacy upon the seas. Against Claren- Holland, plague dons wishes, Avar was declared in February,^ ^® 1G65. The Parliament supported the king with huge grants of money. There was great excitement,and on June 3, 1665, the English won a bloody victory offLowestoft. It was at this time that they seized the Dutchcolony of New Amsterdam and transformed it into XewYork. While the war raged plague appeared in London,and before the end of June, 1665, the court hurried fromthe stricken city. In June 590 died of plague, in July4,129, in August 20,046, in September 26,230. The bellstolled incessantly, most of the shops were closed, grassgrew in the streets, the river was deserted. And in 1666,when London was recovering itself, came a new and over-whelming misfortune. Fire broke out on September 2and for some days swept unchecked through the most. THE RESTORATION AND THE REVOLUTION 413 crowded districts of the city. Two-thirds of London lay-in ruins. Charles was impressed by the accumulated dis-asters, and the tone of the court became for a time France now joined Holland in the war, and whileEngland needed to husband every resource Charles waswasting in profligacy the money voted forThefaUof arms. He allowed the larger ships of the Clarendon. • • i ^^ +u navy to go out oi commission, leit theThames defenceless, and gave the Dutch an opening fora heavy blow. Kuyter and DeWitt sailed up the Thamesand the Medway in June, 1667, burned what shippingthey could, and caused a fearful panic in London itself.
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