1926 coloured Dutch illustration from an even older painting showing the capture of Breda. The Capture of Breda aka the Siege of Breda was a short battle during the Eighty Years' War & the Anglo–Spanish War. A Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Nassau captured the heavily protected city of Breda using a small number of soldiers hidden in a hijacked peat barge which sailed into the moat in 1590.

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Photo credit: © Colin Waters / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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