Waxad ku qortaa sii wadida faqradahan - ka dib labadii duulaan ee fashilmay, Duke wuxuu u jeestay dadkiisa. Kabtan Otto Stiel, oo ka soo jeeda Courlander oo horey u booqday Gambia, ayaa loo magacaabay Guddoomiyeheeda iyo Taliyaha Jasiiradda St Andrew. Sanadkii 1658, Duke of Courland iyo qoyskiisa waxaa qabsaday askari iswiidhish ah kadib markii ay ku lug lahaayeen <unk> Daad<unk>
, iyo isgaarsiinta u dhaxeysa Courland iyo St Andrew's Island ayaa go'day qiyaastii laba sano. Natiijada ka dhalatay arrintan, Shirkadda Dutch West India Company waxay heshiis la gashay wakiilka Duke ee Holland, Henry Momber, kaas oo ay dib u siin lahaayeen Jasiiradda St Andrew laakiin natiijada ka dhalatay ayaa loo oggolaan lahaa inay la wareegaan. Momber wuxuu ogolaaday, iyadoo aanay jirin wax tilmaamo ah oo ka yimid Duke. Holland waxay u dirtay markab askar ah si ay u qabsadaan jasiiradda. Stiel wuu diiday, laakiin markii uu ogaaday in Shirkadda Dutch West India Company ay damaanad qaadi doonto mushaarkooda, ciidankii ayaa is-casilay waxayna ku noqdeen Holland markabka keenay ciidankii cusub.