 Being well aware that the war was waged by English and French nobles who disdained the Dutch as, in the words of Louis, a nation of "cheesemongers", at least three privateers sailed under the name of the "Getergde Kaasboer" (provoked cheesemonger).The English had failed to blockade the Dutch coast and were themselves largely blocked from the vital Baltic trade in wood and tar.The fact that the Dutch under Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest had retaken New York City—formerly New Amsterdam—in 1673 mattered little financially, nor did the temporary loss of Saint Helena, but it hurt the English reputation.