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[edit] Sieges of Breda

I first want to compliment the maker of this template and the maker of the stubs about all the battles of the Eighty Years' War. I however wonder if the "Sieges of Breda" could be shuffled a bit: Some recent digging in the number of sieges of the city in the War turned out that there were 5, not 4. In fact, the only place that switched hands more during the War was Schenkenschans, an otherwise unimportant fortress which was captured and recaptured no less then 6 times. Anyway, the proper listing of sieges of Breda should be:

• Siege of Breda (1577), 1st siege: captured by Philip von Hohenlohe for the Dutch.
• Siege of Breda (1581), 2nd siege: captured by Claude de Berlaymont for the Spanish.
• Siege of Breda (1590), 3rd siege: captured by Maurice of Orange for the Dutch.
• Siege of Breda (1624-1625), 4th siege: captured by Ambrosio Spinola for the Spanish.
• Siege of Breda (1637), 5th siege: captured by Frederick Henry for the Dutch.

The first siege I believe was a rather minor affair, but a siege nonetheless. Should it be added to the box? Tom 20:27, 17 October 2006 (UTC)