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Line 17: \| commander1 = [[Prince Rupert of the Rhine\|Prince Rupert]]<br />[[George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle\|George Monck]] \| commander2 = [[Michiel de Ruyter]] \| strength1 = 9081 ships {{sfn\|Palmer\|1997\|p=138}} <br />16 fireships \| strength2 = 8988 ships {{sfn\|Palmer\|1997\|p=138}} <br />20 fireships<br />9 yachts \| casualties2 = 220 ships ~~captured~~lost {{sfn\|Palmer\|1997\|p=138}} <br />c. 800 killed \| casualties1 = 1 ship sunk {{sfn\|Palmer\|1997\|p=138}} <br /> c. 300 killed \| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Second Anglo-Dutch War}} }} The '''St James' Day Battle''' ({{efn\|also known as the '''St James' Day Fight''', ~~the~~ '''Battle of the North Foreland''' ~~and the~~or '''Battle of Orfordness'''); In the [[Netherlands]], the battle is known as the '''Two Days' Battle'''.}} took place on 25 July 1666 — {{efn\|[[Feast of Saint James\|St James' day]] in the [[Julian calendar]] then in use in England}} (4 August 1666 in the Gregorian calendar), during the [[Second Anglo-Dutch War]]. It was fought between ~~fleets of~~an [[Kingdom of England\|~~England~~English]], fleet commanded jointly by [[Prince Rupert of the Rhine]] and [[George Monck]], 1st [[Duke of Albemarle\|George Monck]], and ~~the~~a [[Dutch Republic\|~~United Provinces~~Dutch]] ~~commanded~~force byunder Lieutenant-Admiral [[Michiel de Ruyter]]. ~~In the [[Netherlands]], the battle is known as the '''Two Days' Battle'''.~~ Although a clear English victory, this ultimately proved to be of limited strategic value. Thereafter, the Dutch mostly avoided fleet actions in favour of using [[privateer]]s to attack English merchant ships. ==Battle== Line 64 ⟶ 65: ==See also== * Glossary of nautical terms ''':''' [[Glossary of nautical terms (A–L)\|(A–L)]], [[Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z)\|(M–Z)]] ==Notes== {{notelist}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==~~Bibliography~~Sources== * {{cite book\|last=Brandt \|first=Gerard \| isbn = 978-1246398090\| language=nl\|title=Het Leven en bedryf van den Heere Michiel de Ruiter \|year=1687 \|edition=1st \|publisher=Uitgeverij van Wijnen, Franeker}} * {{cite book \|last=Bruijn \|first=Jaap R. \|title=The Dutch Navy of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries \|volume= \|author-link= \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|year=2011 \|isbn=978-0-98649-7353 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZBHDwAAQBAJ&vq=%22north+Foreland%22 \|ref=bruijn2011}} * {{cite journal\|last=Palmer\|first=Mark\|year=1997\|title=The 'Military Revolution' Afloat: The Era of the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the Transition to Modern Warfare at Sea\|journal=War in History\|volume=4\|issue=2\|pages=123–149}} * {{cite book \|last=Rideal \|first=Rebecca \|title=1666 : plague, war and hellfire \|volume= \|author-link= \|publisher=John Murray, publisher \|location=London \|year=2016 \|isbn=978-1-47362-3552 \|url=https://archive.org/details/1666plaguewarhel0000ride_g3d8/mode/2up \|ref=rideal2016}}

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