
This Means War (Volume 1)
The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong
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The Battle of Amsterdam
Amsterdam had barred trading ships in the Shelt River, cutting off Antwerp and Ghent which were under Austrian rule. Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II saw that as an opportunity. He sent three ships up the Shelt to force their way through Amsterdam led by a heavily armed merchant vessel called Leleuie. The Dolphin was small, lightly armed, and all on its lonesome. But what it lacked in everything else it made up for in Verve. Facing the might of three larger vessels armed to the teeth and backed by the might of the Holy Roman Empire,. technically, the Dolphin didn't even blink. She fired a single shot, straight at LeleUie
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