Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Hondo iyi yakaitika pakati pa17 na19 Gunyana 1639 apo chikwata cheDutch chaitungamirirwa naAdmiral Maarten Tromp naAdmiral Witte Corneliszoon de With, vakasangana nechikepe chikuru zvikuru asi chisina kutungamirirwa zvakanaka cheSpain chaitungamirirwa naAntonio D'Oquendo, chaisanganisira varume 40 kusvika ku45 vehondo uye ngarava dzekutakura makumi mana kusvika makumi mashanu dzakazadzwa nevarwi veSpanish vanosvika zviuru gumi nezvitatu vaiendeswa kuDunkirk. Tromp ane ngarava gumi nembiri akaona ngarava dzeSpain musi wa16, asi akamirira de With kuti asvike nedzimwe ngarava shanu asati arwisa. Kunyangwe aive nehuwandu hwehuwandu Tromp akawana ruoko rwepamusoro muhondo yakagara husiku. Zuva rakatevera, Zeeland Commodore Joost Banckert akasvika kuzosimbisa maDutch nedzimwe ngarava gumi nembiri. Kurwa kwakaenderera mberi kudzamara pfuti dzeDutch dzapera apo D'Oquendo akadzokera kunzvimbo yekuchengetedza nzira yeDowns vachitarisira kuti
Hondo yeDowns, umo D'Oquendo akakundwa zvine mutsindo.