Excerpt from The House of Cromwell and the Story of Dunkirk: A Genealogical History of the Descendants of the Protector, With Anecdotes and Letters Spaniard is encountered hand to hand, the coveted citadel is won, and the gallant and youthful French king in the presence of the lords and ladies of his court places the keys of Dunkirk in the hands of the English envoy. The genius of the Oliverian policy has triumphed, and Lockhart takes his place among the chief captains of the age. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.