Battle of Landguard Fort

Battle of Landguard Fort
Part of the Second Anglo-Dutch War
Present-day Landguard Fort. The Dutch attacked this side of the fort.
Date 2 July 1667 Location Landguard Fort, Suffolk, mouth of River Orwell, England 51°56′20″N 1°19′16″E / 51.938886°N 1.321110°E / 51.938886; 1.321110 Result English victory
Belligerents
Dutch Republic	England
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Dolman Michiel de Ruyter Willem Joseph van Ghent	Nathaniel Darrell James Howard
Strength
1,500 marines and 500 sailors[1]	450 militia and marines 500 infantry (arrived late in battle) 1 galliot
Casualties and losses
150 killed, wounded or captured	10 casualties[2]

The Battle of Landguard Fort or the Attack on Landguard Fort was a battle towards the end of the Second Anglo-Dutch War on 2 July 1667 where a Dutch force attacked Landguard Fort near Felixstowe. It was intended to clear the way for an attack on the English Royal Naval anchorage at Harwich. After repeated attempts the Dutch attack planned by Michiel de Ruyter was repelled and as a result the planned attack on Harwich was abandoned. It was one of the last battles of the war in Europe before the Treaty of Breda was signed.^[2]