Talk:Battle of Dover (1217)

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There seems to be some confusion about whether there were one or two naval battles in 1217. Eggenberger's Encyclopedia of Battles, for instance, mentions two - "Dover (I)" and "Sandwich", the first one with the wind and the lime, but undated, and the second with the August 24 date and the beheading, while Helmut Pensel's A History of War at Sea puts all the events in one battle, calling it "Battle of Dover" or "Fight off Sandwich", as does our own article on Eustace the Monk. I'm inclined toward the one-battle version, but if so, that's a huge mistake by Eggenberger; I'd like to have an in-depth source to rely on before calling him mistaken. Stan 17:41, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The old EHR article at [1] (mentioned in our Eustace article) mentions some unnamed naval activity in the May 1217 timeframe; perhaps that is the source of the confusion. Stan 17:50, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)