DUCARLO / TAVERNIER, M. - Le grand combat ov Monsieur de Montmorancy admiral de France continua sa victoire sur les Huguenots Rebelles devant sainct Martin de Ré. Deuxiesme journée.

Attractive view of the naval Battle of Saint-Martin de Ré, fought on 15 September 1625 between the Huguenot fleet of La Rochelle, commanded by Admiral Jean Guiton and Admiral Benjamin de Rohan, Duke of Soubise and the royal French fleet, commanded by Louis XIII, Charles de Lorraine, 4th Duke of Guise, Henri II de Montmorency and Admiral Willem de Zoete, Heer Haultain resulting in a royalist victory and the re-taking of the Île de Ré by Catholic forces.

The island of Ile de Ré in the bottom and the town of La Rouchelle in the lower right corner. In the upper right corner the title with a lettered key (A-P). This view shows the several of the ships of the Huguenot La Rochelle fleet, the French Catholic ships and two of the Dutch vessels (F and G).

The Recovery of Ré Island from the Huguenot forces of La Rochelle, who had been occupying the Island of Ré since February 1625 as part of the Huguenot rebellions. The Dutch participated in the siege with 20 vesels under the command of Willem de Zoete, Heer Haultain (1565 – 1637) . He led a Dutch fleet of 20 warships, supplied under the terms of the 1624 Franco-Dutch treaty, into the Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré against a Huguenot uprising.