Category: History - European
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1607a
The States-General had not been inclined to be tranquil under the check which Admiral Haultain had received upon the coast of Spain in the autumn of 1606. The deed of terrible self-devotion by which Klaaszoon and his comrades had in that crisis saved the reputation of the repu...