Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index History -- Military history -- List of battles The Battle of the Gabbard, also known as the Battle of Gabbard Bank or the Battle of the North Foreland, (12 - 13 June 1653), comprised an engagement in the First Anglo-Dutch War. A fleet of the Commonwealth of England defeated a Dutch force. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.