Mansfeld and Christian, upon the news of…

August 1622 CE

Mansfeld and Christian, upon the news of Tilly's siege of the important fortress town of Bergen op Zoom, one of the main armories and arsenals of the United Provinces, march to the relief of the city, fighting the Battle of Fleurus on August 29, 1622.

Christian, in the midst of the battle, displays his well-known courage and stubbornness on the field by leading four unsuccessful cavalry charges against the Spanish lines under Fernández de Córdoba.

It is on the fifth charge that the Protestant horsemen break the Spanish lines and pave the way for the Protestant relief of Bergen op Zoom this October.

This comes at a cost of most of Christian's infantry and one of his arms.

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Bergen op Zoom Noord-Brabant Netherlands View →

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Christian of Brunswick View → Ernst von Mansfeld View → Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly View →

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Passau, Bishopric of View → Eichstätt, Prince-Bishopric of View → Mainz, Electoral Archbishopric of View → Augsburg, Prince-Bishopric of View → Speyer, Prince-Bishopric of View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → Constance, Bishopric of View → Austria, Archduchy of View → Trier, Electoral Archbishop of View → Würzburg, Bishopric of View → Ulm, Free Imperial City of View → Bohemia, Kingdom of View → Kempten in the Allgäu, Imperial Ducal Abbey (Free City) of View → Nuremberg, Free Imperial City of View → Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchy of View → Strasbourg, Imperial Free City of View → Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchy of View → Salzburg, Archbishopric of View → Cologne, Electorate of View → Palatinate, Electoral (Wittelsbach) View → Saxony, Electorate of View → Worms, Bishopric of View → Brandenburg, (Hohenzollern) Margravate of View → Württemberg, Duchy of View → Regensburg (Ratisbon), Imperial Free City of View → Palatinate-Neuburg View → Bavaria, Wittelsbach Duchy of View → Baden-Durlach, Margravate of View → Protestantism View → Hungary, Royal View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View → Hungary, Kingdom of View → Transylvania (Ottoman vassal), Principality of View → Baden-Rodenheim, Margravate of View → Netherlands, Southern (Spanish) View → Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic) View → Anhalt-Zerbst, Principality of View → Anhalt-Bernburg, Principality of View → Anhalt-Dessau, Principality of View → Anhalt-Plotzkau, Principality of View → Anhalt-Köthen, Principality of View → England, (Stuart) Kingdom of View → Protestant League (League of Evangelical Union) View → Catholic League, the (German) View → Habsburg Monarchy, or Empire View →

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Protestant Reformation View → Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival) View → Eighty Years War (Netherlands, or Dutch, War of Independence) View → Bohemian-Palatine War View → Thirty Years' War View →

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