NIELS See also:

• JUEL, JENS (1631-1700)
• NIELS JUEL (1629-1697)

JUEL (1629-1697)  , Danish See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, See also:

• BROTHER

brother of the preceding, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 8th of May 1629, at See also:

• CHRISTIANIA (officially KRISTIANIA)

Christiania . He served his See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• APPRENTICESHIP (from Fr. apprendre, to learn)

apprenticeship under See also:

• VAN

Van See also:

• TROMP

Tromp and De Ruyter, taking See also:

• PART

part in all the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief engagements of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of 1652-54 between See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland . During a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long indisposition at See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam in 1655-1656 he acquired a thorough knowledge of See also:

• SHIP

ship-See also:

• BUILDING

building, and returned to See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark in 1656 a thoroughly equipped See also:

• SEAMAN, OWEN (1861– )

seaman . He served with distinction during the Swedo-Danish See also:

• WARS

wars of 1658-6o and took a prominent part in the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen against See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles X . During fifteen years of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, See also:

• JUEL, JENS (1631-1700)
• JUEL, NIELS (1629-1697)

Juel, as admiral of the See also:

• FLEET

fleet, laboured assiduously to develop and improve the Danish See also:

• NAVY

navy, though he bitterly resented the setting over his See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head in 1663 of See also:

• CORT, CORNELIS (1536-1578)

Cort Adelaar on his return from the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish wars . In 1661 Juel married Margrethe See also:

• ULFELDT, KORFITS (1606-1664)

Ulfeldt . On the outbreak of the Scanian War he served at first under Adelaar, but on the See also:

• DEATH

death of the latter in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1675 he was appointed to the supreme command . He then won a See also:

• EUROPEAN

European reputation, and raised Danish See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to unprecedented See also:

• EMINENCE (Lat. eminentia)

eminence, by the See also:

• SYSTEM

system of naval See also:

• TACTICS (Gr. TaeTOc*, sc. TEXvnI, from TavQecv, to arrange in order of battle)

tactics, afterwards perfected by See also:

• NELSON
• NELSON, HORATIO NELSON, VISCOUNT (1758-1805)
• NELSON, ROBERT (s656-1715)

Nelson, which consists in cutting off a part of the enemy's force and concentrating the'whole attack on it . He first employed this manoeuvre at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Jasmund off See also:

• RUGEN

Rugen (May 25, 1676) when he See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke through the enemy's See also:

• LINE

line in See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column and cut off five of their See also:

• SHIPS

ships, which, however, nightfall prevented him from pursuing . Juel's operations were considerably hampered at this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period by the overbearing conduct of his Dutch See also:

• AUXILIARY (from Lat. auxilium, help)

auxiliary, See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip Almonde, who falsely accused the Danish admiral of cowardice . A few days after the battle of Jasmund, See also:

• CORNELIUS
• CORNELIUS, CARL AUGUST PETER (1824-1874)
• CORNELIUS, PETER VON (1784–1867)

Cornelius Van Tromp the younger, with 17 fresh Danish and Dutch ships of the line, superseded Juel in the supreme command . Juel took a leading part in Van Tromp's See also:

• GREAT

great victory off See also:

• OLAND

Oland (See also:

• JUNE

June 1, 1676), which enabled the Danes to invade Scania unopposed .

On the 1st of June 1677 Juel defeated the See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish admiral Sjoblad off Moen; on the 3oth of June 1677 he won his greatest victory, in the See also:

• BAY

Bay of Kjoge, where, with 25 ships of the line and 1267 guns, he routed the Swedish admiral Evert See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

Horn with 36 ships of the line and 1800 guns . For this great See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph, the just See also:

• REWARD

reward of See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior See also:

• SEAMANSHIP

seamanship and See also:

• STRATEGY

strategy—at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage of the engagement Juel's experienced See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye told him that the See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind in the course of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day would shift from S.W. to W. and he took extraordinary risks accordingly—he was made See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant admiral See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general and a privy councillor . This victory, besides permanently crippling the Swedish navy, gave the Danes a self-confidence which enabled them to keep their Dutch See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies in their proper See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year Van Tromp, whose high-handedness had become unbearable, was discharged by See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian V., who gave the supreme command to Juel . In the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1678 Juel put to sea with 84 ships carrying 2400 See also:

• CANNON (a word common to Romance languages, from the Lat. canna, a reed, tube, with the addition of the augmentative termination -on, -one)

cannon, but as the Swedes were no longer strong enough to encounter such a formidable armament on the open sea, his operations were limited to blockading the Swedish ports and transporting troops to Rugen . After the peace of See also:

• LUND
• LUND, TROELS FREDERIK (1840- )

Lund Juel showed himself an See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator and reformer of the first See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order, and under his energetic supervision the Danish navy ultimately reached imposing dimensions, especially after Juel became chief of the admiraltyin 1683 . Personally Juel was the noblest and most amiable of men, equally beloved and respected by his sailors, See also:

• SIMPLE

simple, straight-forward and unpretentious in all his ways . During his latter years he was popularly known in Copenhagen as " the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good old See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight." He died on the 8th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1697 . See Garde, Niels See also:

• FUEL (O. Fr. feuaile, popular Lat. focalia, from focus, hearth, fire)

fuel (1842), and Den dansk. norske Somagts Historie, 1535-1700 (1861) . (R . N .