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Surprise Attack on Breda

Netherlands · Warfare / Eighty Years' War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Henry Casimir of Nassau-Dietz21 July 1637

Breda · Warfare / Eighty Years' War

Henry Casimir led an unsuccessful cavalry attempt to surprise Breda before the formal siege.

Names involved

Henry Casimir of Nassau-Dietz

Provenance

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