Sir William Clarke, secretary to His Grace of Albemarle, slaine. Sir Christopher Myngs, maimed, and since dead. Captain Holles, his arm shot off. Captain Miller, his leg shot off, since dead. Captain Gethings, drowned. Captains Jennens and Fortescue, maimed; Harman, hurt by the fall of a mast; Pearce, Earle, Silver and Holmes, all wounded Sir George Ayscue, prisoner in Holland. Sir William Berkeley of the Swiftsure, perhaps prisoner in Holland, perhaps slaine. Lost on our side, 6,000 men. Adapted from ‘A Particular Account of the Last Engagement between the Dutch and English, June 1666’: Bodleian Library, Oxford Battle is a strange country, a nightmarish land full of unwanted surprises, unexpected vistas, foul smells and terrifying experiences. One can be talking to one’s neighbour, and in the very next instant he is headless, his bleeding corpse slumping against you.
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