Talk:Raid on the Medway

Remembered from school
Pepys: My god, the Devil shits Dutchmen..."

Poem

"When a loud ill wind is heard, from the devils hairy horn, an Englishman he knows the sound of a Dutchman being born!"

Anon.

The sources are not easy to be found. Did Pepys write this in 1672? Did anyone claim the little poem?

Robert Prummel 01:40, 10 July 2007 (UTC)


 * The citation is from Pepys' entry of 19 July 1667; but he didn't make this exclamation himself: the words are those of the Surveyor of the Ships William Batten:


 * One tells me that, by letter from Holland, the people there are made to believe that our condition in England is such as they may have whatever they will ask; and that so they are mighty high, and despise us, or a peace with us; and there is too much reason for them to do so. The Dutch fleete are in great squadrons everywhere still about Harwich, and were lately at Portsmouth; and the last letters say at Plymouth, and now gone to Dartmouth to destroy our Streights' fleete lately got in thither; but God knows whether they can do it any hurt, or no, but it was pretty news come the other day so fast, of the Dutch fleets being in so many places, that Sir W. Batten at table cried, "By God," says he, "I think the Devil shits Dutchmen."--MWAK (talk) 11:49, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Retaliation?
In the text on Terschelling it says that the Raid on the Medway was a retaliatory expedition after "Sir" Robert Holmes had gone a bit overboard and burned 150 merchant ships as well as the town of West-Terschelling to the ground in Holmes's Bonfire. There is no mention of this in this article. Could anyone check if this is true (and then add it). Afasmit 01:57, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Checked. P5 ref name="Pepys" /The Dutch Raid on the Medway, Samuel Pepys, 1667 /ref  added as link to prevent duplication.ClemRutter 09:00, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

The chain
There are lots of references to "the chain", but at no point is it introduced. From what I gather it was literally a metal chain, rather than a chain of things, but beyond that I can tell nothing. Is having chains across rivers a frequent maritime occurrence? How big was the chain? How long had it been there? d a n n o 19:56, 4 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Indeed it was in the age of sail common to protect harbours by booms or chains. Of course the phenomenon can't be fully treated within the context of this article, but I'll try to add some detail in the text.--MWAK (talk) 20:33, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

The two captured ships
The rear board (stern) of one of the two ships, The HMS Royal Charles, is still on display in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam as a war trophy. I renember looking at it when, as a boy, I visited the museum. Peter Horn User talk 16:09, 24 June 2010 (UTC) Peter Horn User talk 16:13, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * And so it is. Peter Horn User talk 21:41, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Dates
The battle was between 19 and 24 June, not between 9 and 14 June!! Targaryen speak or forever remain silent 21:37, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

http://www.wjb.nu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=1:laatste-nieuws&id=88:onthulling-qde-slag-op-de-medwayq&Itemid=1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Targaryen (talk • contribs) 21:40, 22 October 2012 (UTC) http://www.defensie.nl/marine/actueel/nieuws/2009/11/04/46138758/Onthulling_De_slag_op_de_Medway
 * It;s a mess all the dates should be checked and converted to the current date system. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.169.103.207 (talk) 23:23, 10 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Well, there is no such thing as an absolute date; this is a matter of convention. In general it is best — at least for the day of the month — to apply the date system in use at a certain time and place. Otherwise we would have to indicate that Julius Ceasar was murdered at 25 March, which would be a bit awkward to say the least. Also this makes a reference to contemporary literature a lot easier: e.g. we are citing Pepys' diary which naturally conforms to indicating Julian dates but would have to be separately explained when using Gregorian dates. Of course the Dutch in 1667 officially used Gregorian dates and this has to be made clear.--MWAK (talk) 06:55, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Just a quick note
The piece from Military Affairs titled "The Dutch invasion of England: 1667" is in the public domain. It can be accessed here. So if anyone wants to incorporate text from it, it's allowed per WP:PD (with care). Bataaf van Oranje (Prinsgezinde) (talk) 18:21, 10 July 2016 (UTC)


 * Another reference, from BBC: Battle of Medway: The English defeat that's largely forgotten. Onanoff (talk) 21:32, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

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