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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)
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)
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? danno 19:56, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
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)
User:ClemRutter removed my {{ refimprove}} tag, but this article is sorely lacking in references. There are huge swaths of text without any citations whatsoever that I don't see how it can be "disputed". "The Raid" has two footnotes, none of the Samuel Pepys quotes are cited, and both "The Dutch withdraw" and "Aftermath" have just one cite each. Thus, I'm restoring the tag. howcheng { chat} 20:45, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
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
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)
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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)
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)
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? danno 19:56, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
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)
User:ClemRutter removed my {{ refimprove}} tag, but this article is sorely lacking in references. There are huge swaths of text without any citations whatsoever that I don't see how it can be "disputed". "The Raid" has two footnotes, none of the Samuel Pepys quotes are cited, and both "The Dutch withdraw" and "Aftermath" have just one cite each. Thus, I'm restoring the tag. howcheng { chat} 20:45, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
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
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)
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