April 1, 1572 · Maas estuary Theater
April 1, 1572
The Watergeuzen — the Sea Beggars, exiled Dutch privateers who had been raiding from English ports until Elizabeth expelled them — needed somewhere to go. They found the little port of Brielle undefended, its garrison marched away, and took it almost without a fight. It was opportunism, not strategy.
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