Ayscue

Ayscue seems to have acted as one of the senior officers of the fleet.

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He then turned upon Ayscue, whose small force he must have overwhelmed, but for a sudden change to a southerly gale.

History of Holland George Edmundson 1889

The two fleets met on August 16, and despite his inferiority of force De Ruyter forced Ayscue to withdraw into Plymouth, and was able to bring his convoy home to safety.

History of Holland George Edmundson 1889

Ayscue succeeded in intercepting a fleet of Dutch merchantmen near Calais, all of them being captured or burnt, while Blake with the main force off the north coast of Scotland destroyed the Dutch fishing fleet and their convoy.

History of Holland George Edmundson 1889

Several ships, however, including the flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Ayscue, had to be abandoned and were either destroyed or captured by the Dutch.

History of Holland George Edmundson 1889

Vice-Admiral Berkeley was killed, Vice-Admiral Ayscue taken prisoner.

History of Holland George Edmundson 1889

He left Ayscue with a small squadron to guard the mouth of the Thames.

History of Holland George Edmundson 1889

It had been largely increased by the Parliament after 1648; and its "generals," Blake, Penn and Ayscue, had already acquired much valuable experience in their encounters with the royalist squadron under

History of Holland George Edmundson 1889

Ayscue had previously sailed up Channel with forty men-of-war and five fireships for a similar purpose.

History of Holland George Edmundson 1889

The news of the seizure of their vessels, not merely by privateers, but by an English squadron under Ayscue in the West Indies, had caused intense indignation and alarm in Holland, and especially in Amsterdam.

History of Holland George Edmundson 1889