May 23, 1568 · Groningen Theater
May 23, 1568
William of Orange's brothers Louis and Adolf lured a Spanish force into boggy ground near the monastery of Heiligerlee and destroyed it. Aremberg was killed; so was Adolf of Nassau, the first of William's brothers to die for the revolt. It was the first Dutch victory of the war and it was won by terrain — the tactic the Dutch would rely on for eighty years.
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