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Updated: May 11, 2025
The two vice-admirals, Witte de With and Floriszoon, were killed, and Obdam himself narrowly escaped capture, but Copenhagen was freed from naval blockade. Charles Gustavus however held military possession of a large part of Denmark, and in the spring began to press the attack on the capital from the land side.
But, inspiring his subordinates De Ruyter, Evertsen and Floriszoon with his own indomitable courage, Tromp succeeded by expert seamanship in holding off the enemy and conducting his convoy with small loss into safety. Four Dutch men-of-war were taken and five sunk; the English only lost two ships. Meanwhile both nations had been getting sick of the war. In both countries there was a peace party.
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