Battle of The Dunes (1658) - Aftermath

Aftermath

The defeat of the Spanish Army ended the immediate prospect of the intended Royalist expedition to England, while delaying the return of the English monarchy for two more years and at the same time necessarily entailed the fall of Dunkirk. It surrendered ten days after the battle on June 24, and Cardinal Mazarin honoured the terms of the treaty with Oliver Cromwell and handed the port over to the Commonwealth.

The campaign of the English contingent in Flanders did not end with the battle of the Dunes and the capture of Dunkirk. Part of the English contingent was left to garrison Dunkirk and Mardyke under the command of Sir William Lockhart, whilst the rest, under Sir Thomas Morgan, continued to serve with Turenne's army in the field. Morgan's command consisted of four regiments, viz. his own, and those of Cochrane, Clarke, and Lillingston. They distinguished themselves at the siege of Bergues, where Lieutenant-Colonel Hughes of Cochrane's regiment was killed, and still more at the siege of Ypres, according to Morgan's own story. At the close of the campaign, by which time their numbers were much diminished, they did not rejoin the rest of the English contingent but went into cantonment in and around Amiens for the winter.