Capture of Breda

Name: Capture of Breda
Start: 1581-07-26
End: 1581-08-06

26 Jul 1581 – 6 Aug 1581 · 51.57° N, 4.80° E

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When: 26 Jul 1581 – 6 Aug 1581
Kind: Siege
Coordinates: 51.57° N, 4.80° E
Description: 1581 taking of Breda during the Eighty Years' War by surprise after a sentry was bribed

Capture of Breda (1581)

1581 battle during the Eighty Years' War

The Capture of Breda of 1581, also known as the Haultepenne Fury, occurred on 26–27 July when Spanish troops under the command of Claude de Berlaymont, lord of Haultepenne, took Breda by surprise after a sentry was bribed by a follower of the king, Charles de Gavre, who was kept a prisoner at the castle. The corrupt sentry allowed the Spanish troops to enter the castle.

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Eighty Years' War2 Jun 1568 · Civil war

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Capture of Breda (1581)

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