Capture of Breda

Wann

4. März 1590

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51.57° N, 4.80° E

Description

1590 short battle during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War during which a Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Nassau captured the heavily protected city of Breda

Battle in the Eighty Years' War

The capture of Breda was a short battle during the Eighty Years' War and Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) during which a Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Nassau captured the heavily protected city of Breda. Using a clever tactic reminiscent of the Trojan horse which became famous as the ruse with the Turfschip van Breda, a small assault force hid in a peat barge, entered the city of Breda, and proceeded to take…

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, takes Breda, by concealing 68 of his best men in a peat-boat, to get through the impregnable defenses“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „Maurice de Nassau prend Bréda“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „осада Бреды“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · nennt es „Mauricio de Nassau toma la ciudad de Breda en el transcurso de la guerra de Flandes“Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Quellseite

• Eighty Years' War2. Juni 1568 · Bürgerkrieg
• Anglo-Spanish War1585 · Krieg