"There were thirty-seven men-of-war, and more than four hundred transport ships, besides the boats. The war-ships stood in toward Gravesend Bay, opened their port-holes, ran out their guns, opened fire, and threw shot and shell on shore."—Coffin, 1879

The British Fleet in the Lower Bay

"There were thirty-seven men-of-war, and more than four hundred transport ships, besides the boats.…