Siege of Alkmaar
The Siege of Alkmaar (1573) was a turning point in the Eighty Years' War. The burghers of the Dutch city of Alkmaar held off the Spanish (who had set up their camp in Oudorp) between August 21 and October 8, 1573, with boiling tar and burning branches from their renewed city walls. On September 23, William the Silent followed up on a request by Cabeliau dating from the beginning of the siege and ordered the dikes surrounding Alkmaar to be breached, thereby flooding the polders in which the Spanish troops were camped. This forced the Spanish commander, Don Fadrique, the son of the hated Alva himself, to retreat and the last Spanish soldiers left on October 8
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Siege of Alkmaar
The Siege of Alkmaar (1573) was a turning point in the Eighty Years' War. The burghers of the Dutch city of Alkmaar held off the Spanish (who had set up their camp in Oudorp) between August 21 and October 8, 1573, with boiling tar and burning branches from their renewed city walls. On September 23, William the Silent followed up on a request by Cabeliau dating from the beginning of the siege and ordered the dikes surrounding Alkmaar to be breached, thereby flooding the polders in which the Spanish troops were camped. This forced the Spanish commander, Don Fadrique, the son of the hated Alva himself, to retreat and the last Spanish soldiers left on October 8
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El asedio de Alkmaar tuvo luga ...... landa, corazón de la rebelión.
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Het Beleg van Alkmaar was de b ...... ces hadden weten te weerstaan.
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Oblężenie Alkmaaru – oblężenie ...... potrzebowali kolejne sto lat.
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Siège d'AlkmaarFichier:Beleg v ...... drique Álvarez, duc de Toledo.
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The Siege of Alkmaar (1573) wa ...... covered remains of the battle.
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24+ geuzen, 13 civilians
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1573-10-08
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Decisive Dutch victory
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6,500 to 16,000 troops
800Geuzen, ca.1,300 civilians
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The Siege of Alkmaar by Frans Hogenberg
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Jacob Cabeliau
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El asedio de Alkmaar tuvo luga ...... victoria empieza en Alkmaar».
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Het Beleg van Alkmaar was de b ...... ces hadden weten te weerstaan.
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Oblężenie Alkmaaru – oblężenie ...... potrzebowali kolejne sto lat.
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Siège d'AlkmaarFichier:Beleg v ...... · Bois-le-Duc · Abrolhos · Sla
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The Siege of Alkmaar (1573) wa ...... ish soldiers left on October 8
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Asedio de Alkmaar
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Beleg van Alkmaar
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Oblężenie Alkmaaru
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Siege of Alkmaar
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Siège d'Alkmaar
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Siege of Alkmaar
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