Excerpt from Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F. R. S, Vol. 3 of 5: Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. And James II. Comprising His Diary From 1659 to 1669, Deciphered by the Hon. Smith, A. B. From the Original Short Hand Ms. In the Pepysian Library and a Selection From His Private Correspondence
August lst. Walked over the Park with Sir W. Coventry, who I clearly see is not thoroughly pleased with the late management of the fight, nor with any thing that the Generall's do only is glad to hear that De Ruyter is out of fa vour, and that this fight hath cost them 5000 men, as they themselves do report. And it is a strange thing, as he observes, how now and then the slaughter runs on one hand there being 5000 killed on theirs, and not above 400 500 killed and wounded on ours, and as many flag-officers on theirs as ordinary captains in ours.
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Excerpt from Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F. R. S, Vol. 3 of 5: Secretary to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II. And James II. Comprising His Diary From 1659 to 1669, Deciphered by the Hon. Smith, A. B. From the Original Short Hand Ms. In the Pepysian Library and a Selection From His Private Correspondence 1666.] August 1st. Walked over the Park with Sir W. Coventry, who I clearly see is not thoroughly pleased with the late management of the fight, nor with any thing that the Generalls do; only is glad to hear that De Ruyter is out of favour, and that this fight hath cost them 5000 men, as they themselves do report. And it is a strange thing, as he observes; how now and then the slaughter runs on one hand; there being 5000 killed on theirs, and not above 400 or 500 killed and wounded on ours, and as many flag-officers on theirs as ordinary captains in ours. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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