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On April 10, 1589, the garrison of Geertruidenberg, composed of numerous

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and some Dutch troops commanded by Governor Sir John Wingfield, surrendered the city to the

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led by Don

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, Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands ( es, Alejandro Farnesio).Jonathan Israel. ''The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall 1477–1806'' p. 234 A few days before, when pay did not arrive in time, the English soldiers mutinied, and was rumored that Wingfield had intended to surrender (or "sold") the city to the Spaniards.Mary Arshagouni Papazian p.186 The States-General and

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( nl, Maurits van Oranje) accused him of treason for its surrender, but Wingfield denied the charges against him. The fact was that Geertruidenberg was in Spanish hands. The same year, in September, Parma sent a force under Count Peter Ernst of Mansfeld to besiege

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.Israel. p. 29 The garrison capitulated to the Spaniards in February 1590.Luc Duerloo p.46 Geertruidenberg was recaptured in June 1593 by an Anglo-Dutch force under the command of

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and

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References

* Jeremy Black. ''War in the World: A Comparative History, 1450-1600''. First published 2011 by Palgrave MacMillan. * Mary Arshagouni Papazian. ''John Donne and the Protestant Reformation: New Perspectives''. Wayne State University Press 2003. * John Leslie Price. ''Dutch Society: 1588-1713''. First published 2000 by Pearson Education Limited, USA. * Israel, Jonathan. ''Conflicts of Empires: Spain, the Low Countries and the Struggle for World Supremacy, 1585-1713''. London, 1997. * Luc Duerloo. ''Dynasty and Piety: Archduke Albert (1598-1621) and Habsburg Political Culture in an Age of Religious Wars.'' MPG Books Group. UK.

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Jeremy Black. ''War in the World: A Comparative History, 1450-1600''. Wars of Religion.
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