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The siege of Breda of 1624–25 occurred during the Eighty Years' War. The siege resulted in Breda, a Dutch fortified city, falling into the control of the Army of Flanders. Following the orders of Ambrogio Spinola, Philip IV's army laid siege to Breda in August 1624. The siege was contrary to the wishes of Philip IV's … See more
There were several motives for Spinola's siege of Breda. Because the Dutch regularly used the town as a base for raiding Spanish Brabant, the parts of Brabant under royal rule would be better protected if the city … See more
The siege of 1624–1625 is the subject of the 1998 novel El sol de Breda (The Sun Over Breda) by the Spanish author Arturo Pérez-Reverte, as part of the Captain Alatriste series. The events of the siege – including both the gruelling fighting with the Dutch and the … See more
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Breda was one of the strongest cities in the defence of the Republic between the States of Holland and royal Brabant. The city was … See more1. ^ Duffy, p. 101
2. ^ Manning, p. 107
3. ^ Vere, Horace
4. ^ Gualdo Priorato, Galeazzo: Vite, et azzioni di personaggi militari, e politici. Vienna: Thurnmayer, 1674, p. 367 See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license - People also ask
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