Treasure Fleet Captured by the Dutch

The Dutch privateers who have long plagued our efforts to get trade goods home from distant colonies recently made a direct attack on our Treasure Fleet just as it was leaving for the Spanish ports to bring silver and gold back to our homeland. Although some ships were prepared and managed to avoid the assault, the ones who did not cost us dearly. It has not yet been decided how or what the Dutch will pay for this, but they will certainly pay.