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02-26-2013, 22:42
On the 27th of February 1665, Vice-Admiral de Ruyter defeated the English at the Battle at Elmina, Gold Coast.
The above was all I could find on popular-level history sites. I looked around quite a bit for any information on this, but I only found a little in a Ph.D. dissertation; I discovered that de Ruyter did perform military operations in the Gold Coast during the previous weeks with mixed results, and on the 27th of February, he set sail for the West Indies.
De Ruyter:
2117
Elmina, Gold Coast (Ghana):
2115
Elmina Castle:
2116
For more about de Ruyter:
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/naval/p/deruyter.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_de_Ruyter
The above was all I could find on popular-level history sites. I looked around quite a bit for any information on this, but I only found a little in a Ph.D. dissertation; I discovered that de Ruyter did perform military operations in the Gold Coast during the previous weeks with mixed results, and on the 27th of February, he set sail for the West Indies.
De Ruyter:
2117
Elmina, Gold Coast (Ghana):
2115
Elmina Castle:
2116
For more about de Ruyter:
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/naval/p/deruyter.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_de_Ruyter