. ▁See ing ▁him ▁approach ▁T rom p ▁y elled ▁to ▁his ▁men : ▁" There ' s ▁Grand d ad ! ▁( the ▁Dutch ▁sail ors ▁used ▁this ▁term ▁of ▁ende ar ment ▁for ▁De ▁R uy ter ) ▁He ' s ▁coming ▁to ▁help ▁us . ▁I ▁in ▁return ▁shall ▁never ▁abandon ▁him , ▁as ▁long ▁as ▁I ▁can ▁bre at he !" ▁The ▁heat ▁of ▁battle ▁trans c ended ▁the ▁old ▁anim os ities . ▁As ▁the ▁Dutch ▁cre ws ▁of ▁the ▁van ▁had ▁become ▁rather ▁nerv ous ▁by ▁the ▁size ▁of ▁their ▁oppos ing ▁force , ▁T rom p ▁had ▁for ▁hours ▁pret ended ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁signal ▁contact ▁with ▁the ▁Dutch ▁centre . ▁The ▁al lied ▁rear ▁could ▁now ▁escape ▁to ▁the ▁west ▁also . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁Dutch ▁main ▁force ▁reached ▁T rom p ▁it ▁again ▁tack ed ▁to ▁the ▁south west ▁forming ▁a ▁perfect ▁continuous ▁line ▁of ▁battle ▁with ▁his ▁squad ron . ▁The ▁al lied ▁rear ▁tried ▁to ▁do ▁like wise ▁with ▁their ▁centre ▁and ▁van , ▁but ▁its ▁form ations ▁remained ▁very ▁confused . ▁Sp rag ge , ▁having ▁moved ▁far ▁to ▁the ▁north ▁to ▁reach ▁T rom p , ▁his ▁personal ▁enemy , ▁now ▁inserted ▁his ▁fl ot illa ▁between ▁d ' E str ées ▁and ▁Ru pert . ▁The ▁combined ▁Dutch ▁fleet ▁then ▁broke ▁repeatedly ▁through ▁the ▁many ▁g aps ▁in ▁the ▁al lied ▁line ▁and ▁Ru pert , ▁wor ried ▁by ▁the ▁mount ing ▁dis order ▁in ▁his ▁fleet , ▁was