Breda (Netherlands)--History--Siege, 1637
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Breda (Netherlands)
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found: Work cat.: Marci Zuerii Boxhornii Historia obsidionis Bredae, et rerum, anni MDCXXXVII, 1637:t.p. (... obsidionis Bredae et rerum, anni MDCXXXVII)
found: Stadsarchief Breda WWW site, Aug. 29, 2005"Breda captured and recaptured 1581-1637" article (Breda was captured by Spanish army under Ambrosio Spinola in 1625 after siege of eleven months. "In 1637 it was [Prince of Orange] Frederik Hendrik's turn to capture Breda after a seven weeks' siege ... On July 21st, 1637, Dutch troops under the command of count Hendrik Casimir van Nassau tried to capture Breda by surprise. Two days later, on July 23rd, Fredrik Hendrik arrived in Ginneken (south of city) and the encirclement of Breda started on July 26th ... on October 11th it was all over. Frederik Hendrik ... had managed to force Breda to surrender within 52 days.")
found: Duffy, C. Siege warfare, 1979:p. 102 ("In 1637 ... the Dutch ... wiped out the last memory of Spinola's conquest by retaking Breda on 10 October")
found: OCLC, Aug. 29, 2005(hdg.: Breda (Netherlands)--History--Siege, 1637)
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2014-03-11: revised
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