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The Dutch Attack on Landguard Fort - 2nd July 1667
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GCSE History Coursework The Dutch Attack on Landguard Fort, 2nd July 1667 1. Source A tells us a lot about the failure of the Dutch attack on the Fort. It was written by Silas Taylor, Storekeeper at Harwich Naval Dockyard. He was observing from Beacon Hill, Harwich. This may be reliable because the information is first hand and not passed down. On the other hand it may be biased because it was written by an English Harwich Naval Dockyard storekeeper. He may have for example over exaggerated the Dutch landing numbers of "about 1000 men in about 50 small vessels and boats" to make the English victory seem grander than it was. We know that the defences at the fort were too strong for the Dutch invaders even after two, probably re-grouped assaults, as source A says ''where with the death of one & wounding of two they were forced to retreat...
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