Kammala jumla mai zuwa: The Downs wata hanya ce (yanki mai kariya, mai kyau) a kudancin Tekun Arewa kusa da tashar Ingila daga gabar gabashin Kent, tsakanin Arewa da Kudancin Foreland a kudancin Ingila. A cikin 1639 da
Yaƙin Downs ya faru a nan, lokacin da rundunar sojan ruwa ta Dutch ta hallaka rundunar jiragen ruwa ta Spain wacce ta nemi mafaka a cikin ruwan Ingilishi mai tsaka tsaki. Daga zamanin Elizabethan gaba, kasancewar Downs ya taimaka wajen sanya Deal daya daga cikin manyan tashoshin jiragen ruwa a Ingila, kuma a karni na 19, an sanye shi da hasumiyar telegraph da hasumiyar lokaci don bawa jiragen ruwa damar saita agogon jirgin ruwa.