[i.e. the Dutch] hegan to fire, and the English cut their cables
and took to flight with disgrace.)
2-1.
MB. 3 t. Rare.
_^.151. A c t io n a t B e r g e n . 1665.
* Naval action within the harhour of Bergen, &c.; same as
No. 149.
Rev. Inscription within a border of oak leaves, Anno 1665
den 10 Augufti genaakte de Graaf van Zandwigh met 15
Oorloghs-Schepen, 4 kitzen, en 2 branders, tot voor de haven
van Bergen in Noorwegen, daar 10 Ooft-Indifche, en andere
Coopvaardy-Schepen ten anckerlagen; waar op hy met zyn
voorfs Vloot, in een lialve-maan op een Sprongh korte, en
de Nederlanders, meende te vernielen; dus gaven zy van de
Kafteelen en wederzydts vuur, en d’Engelfche wierden, na
kabel-kappen, gedwongen Schandelych de vlught te nemen.
(In the year 1665, on the 10th of August, the Earl of
Sandwich advanced with 15 men-of-war, 4 small vessels, and
2 fire-ships to the harbour of Bergen in Norway, where lay at
anchor 10 East Indiamen and other merchant vessels; thereupon,
with his fore-mentioned fleet, he attacked them suddenly
in the form of a crescent, and thought to destroy the Dutch,
whereupon those in the forts began to fire on both sides, and
the English were compelled to cut their cables, and to take to
shameful flight.)
2‘15. Van Loon, II. 509.
MB. 2R. Very rare.
There is a flaw in the reverse of this medal which shows
that the die broke. This may account for its rarity and for
the differences in the inscriptions of this and the preceding
medal.
152. M ic h a e l D e R u t t e r . A c t io n a t B e r g e n . 1665.
Bust of De Ruyter, three-quarters, r., hair long, in cravat
and plain doublet; trophies of arms behind each shoulder.
Leg. incuse. Michiel AD : de Ruyter, Ridder ; L : Adm : v.,
H o ll: en West: V. (Michael, son of Adrian De Ruyter, Knight,
Lieutenant-Admiral of Holland and West Friesland.)
Rev. Naval action, close to a c ity : in the foreground,
ship sinking. Leg. incuse. d’Vergeeftse aan Val der Engelse
op de Oftindese fchepen in Bergen A0. 1665. (The fruitless
attack of the English on the East Indiamen in Bergen,
1665.)
2. MB. ¿E. Rare.
Cast and chased. The legend leaves no doubt about the
subject of this medal. This portrait of De Ruyter appears
upon another medal executed in 1666, No. 170. The reverse
represents the same design as the medal commemorating the
battle between the Dutch and Swedes in sight of the Castle of
Cronenberg. (See Van Loon, II. 430.) De Ruyter took no
part in the engagement at Bergen ; but it was the first success
after his appointment to the supreme command of the Dutch
fleet.
Michael De Ruyter, the celebrated Dutch admiral, born 1607,
served under Tromp in the war against England in 1653, was
.created Vice-Admiral in 1663, and Lieutenant-Admiral-General
of Holland in 1665. He commanded the Dutch fleet in several
subsequent engagements between Holland and England, and
died 26 April, 1676, of wounds received in a battle with the
French off Syracuse.
153. H e n r y F a ir fa x , a f t e rw a r d s L ord F a ir fa x . 1665 ?
Shield of Fairfax with crescent, the mark of cadency for the
second son. Leg. h e n r y fa y r fa x . m. m. Quatrefoil.
Rev. Crest, a lion’s head, erased, on a wreath. Scroll
border.
1-05.
MB. electrotype.