You tromp through the deep snow in the darkness, until you're on the edge of the woods. |
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The public could possibly become interested in the land, tromp on it and possibly endanger the species in question. |
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On 1 January 1956 an international society for the study of bioclimatology was established on the initiative of S.W. Tromp. |
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On 24 February Tromp finally set sail, entering the area off Portland four days later where he spotted Blake's fleet attempting to cut them off. |
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Immediately, Tromp set the signal for a general attack and began the offensive with the wind in his favor as he had the weather gauge. |
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Tromp quickly responded by sending his own captains to intercept the English. |
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With odds of 57 against 11, Oquedo could probably have made for Dunkirk directly, and there would have been little Tromp could to do stop it. |
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On the evening of the 28th, Tromp and De With withdrew to resupply, as they were short on gunpowder. |
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When Tromp refused, the Bey was even more impressed by this show of character and allowed him to leave as a free man. |
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Perhaps not realizing the size of the Spanish fleet, Tromp did not decline battle but rather ordered his squadron into a tight line of battle. |
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Tromp stopped this by searching the English vessels and detaining any Spanish troops he found. |
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Legend also says that Tromp formally asked de Oquendo why he refused battle though he had superior firepower. |
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On learning this, Tromp supplied the Spanish with the necessary materials for repair. |
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De With wrote some anonymous pamphlets painting Tromp as avaricious and himself as the real hero of the battle. |
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When the third hit his ship, wounding some sailors, Tromp replied with a warning broadside from his flagship Brederode. |
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Tromp then offered his excuses to Blake and asked for the return of the prize, but this was refused by Blake. |
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War finally broke out after a confrontation between admirals Robert Blake and Maarten Tromp, May 1652, at the Battle of Dover. |
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The Dutch admiral Maarten Tromp sailed to the isles and on arriving on 30 May 1651 demanded compensation. |
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De With's squadron were visible at a distance, but too late to reach Tromp. |
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During the first days of February 1653, Tromp escorted a convoy of merchant ships through the Channel and put them safely into the Atlantic Ocean. |
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Tromp turned his column and went for another round on the Santiago. |
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Tromp, as always, endured De With's insubordination with complacency. |
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By the end of October, Tromp had 95 ships and 12 fire ships. |
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In the final Battle of Scheveningen on 10 August 1653 Tromp was killed, a blow to Dutch morale, but the English had to end their blockade of the Dutch coast. |
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Several Dutch captains attempted to flee after completely running out of ammunition but Tromp ended their flight with a few shots across their ships. |
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Tromp had guided the remainder of his fleet along the coastline, escaping certain defeat the next day, leaving eight warships and a number of merchantmen behind. |
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The Vliegende Groene Draeck foundered and new heavy vessels were reserved for the flag officers while Tromp was relegated to the old Prins Hendrik. |
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Tromp was mostly occupied with blockading the privateer port of Dunkirk. |
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In a preliminary battle, the Action of 18 September 1639, Tromp was the first fleet commander known for the deliberate use of line of battle tactics. |
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His acting flag captain, Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer, on the Brederode kept up fleet morale by not lowering Tromp's standard, pretending Tromp was still alive. |
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There is also a story that, after his victory at Dungeness, Tromp attached a broom to his mast as a symbol that he had swept the English from the sea. |
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On 30 March 1651, Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp arrived in Scilly to demand reparation from the Royalist fleet for the Dutch ships and goods taken by them. |
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The war started prematurely with a skirmish between the Dutch fleet of Maarten Tromp and Blake off Folkestone on 29 May 1652, the Battle of Goodwin Sands. |
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Now also the North Sea was brought under English control, and the Dutch fleet was blockaded in various ports until the Battle of Scheveningen, where Tromp was killed. |
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