The naval Battle of Sandwich was the decisive engagement ending the First Barons War. An English fleet intercepted the French supply convoy commanded by Eustace the Monk off Sandwich. The English threw powdered quicklime to blind the French, then boarded and cut the rigging to disable the vessels. Eustace the Monk, a notorious mercenary captain and former pirate, was found hiding in the bilges and beheaded on deck. The loss of the fleet doomed Louis, who agreed the Treaty of Kingston the following month.
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