Een citaat van Churchill:
About halfpast nine, therefore, the Prince of Orange, without waiting for the consent of general Tilly and accompanied by the fiery deputy Goslinga, led forward thirty battalions of the republic with several batteries, the Scots brigade being up on the left. As the left of the attack skirted or penetrated the wood of Laniéres a withering fire burst upon them. Here, in line with the highlanders, fought the redoubtable Dutch blue guards, the flower of their army. The prince of Orange had most of his staff shot around him. General Oxenstiern fell dead at his side. The prince's own horse collapsed, and he advanced on foot. The entrenchements before him, three lines deep, were held by some of the fines troops in French service - men of Picardy, of Navarre, of Piedmont, and the French royal marines. These considerably outnumbered their assailants. In fact, on this wing the French had sixty battalions against thirty Dutch.
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Nevertheless the young prince, his surviving generals, and deputy Goslinga arrived, with the mass of the Dutch and the Scots, before the French entrechements, endured their volleys at close quarters, tore away the abattis, stormed the parapets, and captured the works.
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But the prince of Orange would not be denied. His second horse shot under him, he seized the standard of the wounded Mey, ordered a second attack, and led it forward in person on foot. Once again the faithful battalions ran the gauntlet of the batteries firing along the trough. Once again they reached the French entrenchements. Foremost of all their heroic prince planted his standard upon the parapet.
Om welke prins van Oranje gaat het hier? Welke veldslag en welke oorlog?
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