Sack of Lier
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sack-of-lier-186-7129312
title:
Sack of Lier
text:
The Sack of Lier, also known as the Fury of Lier in the Southern Netherlands, took place on 14 October 1595 when a force of the Dutch States Army led by Charles de Heraugières, governor of Breda, took the town by surprise during the Eighty Years' War. Heraugières, who was known for his daring surprise attacks over Breda in 1590 and Huy in March 1595, had been instructed to capture Lier ahead a small elite force while the bulk of the Spanish Army of Flanders was deployed in northern France and th
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Battle in the Southern Netherlands
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Lier
date created:
2022-05-20T08:55:11Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T23:11:16Z
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