The readAArs choice 2, The Roar of the Dutch Lion

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As the sun had dawned over the walls and church-spires of Amersfoort some 5000 men, commanded by the Stadhouder of Gelre, Avernite, cleared the woods.
Moments later the first shots of the fight resounded trough the countryside while the Spanish soldiers scrambled for their battle-stations on the wall and Avernites men charged across the fields towards the same defences.
Furious fighting ensued about which Avernite and The Bee have already told you but we will highlight a bit on one furious and heroic little piece of action.

Seven minutes after the first shots had been fired the wall was stormed with large ladders and the cities gate was attacked with all fury. After the gate was battered and shot apart by a Dutch cannon the battle within the gatehouse surged to unknown heights incorporating more then a hundred soldiers from both sides, dozens of soldiers fell dead or wounded.
The struggle lasted for minutes until finally the Dutch where driven back by an organized Spanish counterattack.

At this point lieutenant Frans van Mierkom organized a forlorn hope storm party of some 50 men while his commanding captain organized some 300 men to push into the fray if the forlorn hope proved successful. Some 10 pikemen formed the spearhead of the assaulting column followed by 30 swordsmen. Within the ranks some 10 musketeers harassed the enemy musketeers while the attacked progressed. All of them where volunteer Dutchmen ready for the job at hand.
When the Frisian Stadhouder; Hotze Sytsema charged the Kamper-gate in the east Frans van Mierkom led his men towards the western gate.
The forlorn hope was harassed from the top of the wall by numerous musketeers until van Mierkom ordered his own musketeers to cover the band.
He himself took the orange flag of William and led his troops into the jaws of hell.

Seeing the troop charge the gatehouse a Spanish sergeant gathered some 100 men to defend the spot but despite the sweat and tears he shed the Dutchmen could not be stopped.
First the pikemen crashed into the wall of Spanish soldiers, most of them where cut down only to make place for the 30 swordsmen whom cut a bloody swat trough the Spanish ranks and eventually killed the Spanish sergeant.
Witnessing the tremendous fury of those volunteers the Spanish dogs fled at the moment Hotses forces appeared in their rear.
The city of Amersfoort had been won.

Three days later the city of Amersfoort was perfectly ready for a prolonged defence against Alva’s army.
From the original 17,000 men whom William of Orange brought in front of Amersfoort the defence only consisted of some 5,000 men. Almost 2,000 of them where loyal Dutch volunteers whom gave up everything for their freedom and rallied besides William. The remainder 3,000 consisted of the best mercenaries in Williams forces.

All other troops, some 12,000 in total where led by Williams brother, van Nassau to Kleves where they would be dispersed until recall. From his Kleves headquarters Nassau could react within a few weeks.

Meanwhile Alva led his force forward from Utrecht to Amersfoort and laid siege to the city and Williams troops inside with 25,000 men.
The remainder of Alva’s troops in The Netherlands focused on the annoyance of the Watergeuzen.

 

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Rotterdam: II

The group of Watergeuzen wearing Spaniard’s uniforms stood in the front of the Rotterdam

Sapphire and his 75 men went before the gate, as they were dressed as the Spaniard troops, the town gate was unbolted and slowly, the gate was opened. Sapphire heaved a sigh at the idiocy of Spaniard troops.

The band marched into the Rotterdam with Sapphire at the head, he noticed that a group of Spaniard soldiers doing nothing but were bored.

Sapphire yelled at a group of bored Spaniard soldiers:

Do we no longer salute them when the superiors approach us?

A Commander looked at Sapphire with irritation and said:

Who care about you anyway?

Sapphire’s face darkened and shouted at the Commander:

Would you like to be a sergeant?

A Commander sniggered at Sapphire, still not observing Sapphire’s uniform:

You fool, no one apart from a superior can demote me. So, what is your rank?

The common soldiers however did perceive Sapphire’s uniform and disappeared very swiftly so the Commander stood there not noticing that he is unaided.

Sapphire grinned wickedly as he bellowed at the lonely Commander:

I am the governor of Brielle so therefore I personally outrank anyone in Rotterdam apart from your governor whom I will talk soon. Therefore, you are sergeant again.

The recently reduced in rank soldier looked at him shocked as he begun to fling himself in the mud before Sapphire beseeching him for leniency.

Sapphire bawled at the Sergeant:

There is no mercy in this war and army. You insult me far too much so therefore I demand satisfaction from you and challenge you to the duel.

Sapphire lifted his musket and shot the Sergeant in the guts to insure the slow and painful death. The Sergeant now laid in the mud his body twitching with his face full of anguish.

He is the last Spaniard to die after the fall of Rotterdam.

Sapphire and his men then marched onward to the governor’s residence.
A few minutes later in the Governor of Rotterdam’s room, Sapphire stood before the desk of the Governor with two Watergeuzen men who understood Spanish.

Sapphire told the Governor:

Duke believed that you have not done enough to stop these Watergeuzen so he sends me to replace you.

Governor stood up with look of outrage and screamed at him

How dare you do this, I am appointed by the King and cannot be replaced by some commoner.

Sapphire told his men to gag the Governor and put him in the jail.

The Governor was removed from the room and Sapphire is now in command of Rotterdam under Spaniard’s say-so. He sat down in Governor’s chair with hint of amusement on his face.

Now for the rest of the Spaniard men in Rotterdam.

 

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Alva redirect his forces.

The very day Avernite and Hotse had taken Amersfoort the first Spanish scouts appeared around Amersfoort and ushered in a siege.
A day after van Nassau, Williams brother had left the city Alva’s first infantry units arrived and within a week some 25,000 had surrounded Amersfoort and a true siege had started in all its earnest.

Fortunately for the Dutch, battling for their national freedom, they had had time enough to gather crops and livestock from the surrounding countryside and supply themselves with ample food fodder and ammunition.

July passed by rather quietly to the besieged town. The expected attacks on its walls where not mad and so no sortie from the inside out was undertaken either. The sweltering heat of the last week of July was the weapon Alva wished to use when he launched death cattle into the city walls. The deceased cows sheep’s and goats had been lying around in the sun and rain for almost three weeks when they entered the city trough the sky and where supposed to spread diseases amongst the peasantry and soldiers inside.
But unfortunately for the oppressor and fortunately for the rebels and peasant the tactic missed their purpose and no real plagues spread around.
In this way a quiet siege passed on into August, and it was with a heavy heart Alva lounged a major attack from the north on the third of the month.

If it was by accident, bad coordination, demoralization amongst the troops or mere bad judgement no one knew but the attack from the north failed miserably and the death toll had been considerable.
Alva decided to blockade the city into submission or starvation counting on a limited support from the citizens to the Dutch soldiers.
For this purpose he split his army in two, while 10,000 men remained behind at the gates of Amersfoort 15,000 others, under direct command of Alva marched to the west and into Holland.

The reason for Alva to make this decision was an imminent threat from the Dutch watergeuzen. Those privateers had attacked and captured Brielle in an effective and gruesome way and turn all coastal garrisons into a state of panic.
The panic had soon declined to a state of “fear of what was behind the horizon’ as additional assaults did not take place.
And so here, as in Amersfoort July passed by until, in the end of July fierce rumours showed up and spread amongst the coastal cities. Urgent letters from their respective governors reached Alva at his encampment stating their fear of imminent danger from the sea as spies told stories of new groups of Watergeuzen whom where forming to strike.

And they where true in their reports. Sapphires Brielle success had aroused a large wave of enthusiasm for the rebellion amongst the Dutch overseas sailors and dissidents in England. New groups of watergeuzen where forming to strike at the Dutch cities without any overall command. The commander the had sought, the same commander whom had conquered Brielle had never returned to an English harbour (in fact he was still under cover in Rotterdam).

This was the situation on August the 5th when Alva returned to Holland with his 15,000 men, destination Rotterdam.
Meanwhile in Amersfoort a sort of crisis amongst the Schepenen(rulers of the city) had broken out. Some of the Shepenen wanted to surrender to the Spanish blocking force because their cities trading position was destroyed by its isolation and small anti-Dutch uprisings where organized.

Amerfoort, August 1567: Dutch soldiers within the walls of besieged Amersfoort patrol the streets of the city they ought to defend as control of the situation slowly slips from their hands.

Dover, July 1567, Dutch dissidents for new crews of Watergeuzen with a devoted mission of terrorizing Spanish garrisons on the Dutch coast.

 

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Rotterdam: III

Sapphire stood in the square of the Rotterdam with reminding troop lined up before him, his men lined behind him with their muskets ready and armed. Sapphire yelled at the Spaniard soldiers:

Soldiers, my master is most disappointed with the Rotterdam governor’s progress so he send me to replace this most dissatisfied governor so I am your commander and anyone who disobey me will die in most atrocious way known to mankind. Consequently, do you agree to obey me in all aspects?

Of course, Sapphire got all his men flexed their muscles and waved their muskets around so they are more contented to accept their commander. In addition, the fate of poor commander near the town gate somehow rose in their mind.

Spaniard soldiers were most sanguine about it so they agreed to obey their new governor.

Sapphire smiled and roared at them

Good, very good, I am so pleased that you approved my governorship of Rotterdam, so I set up a cellar which are full of beer, ale, rum and other so you can celebrate my new governorship of Rotterdam. You can drink much as you wanted

Spaniard soldiers cheered their heart out. Their new governor is kind

Spaniard soldiers ran at the cellar, however the Watergeuzen men looked depressing in view of the fact that they will mourn the loss of fine drinks.

One of the Watergeuzen waited outside the entrance of the cellar, he watched the remaining Spaniard soldiers ran though the entrance with the gleeful looks on their face. They begun drinking everything in sight, however one of them begun to found something bizarre on the floor, there is a strange substance covering the entire floor of the cellar. Spaniard just managed to comprehend the strange substance on the floor.

The heavy door with the small window suddenly slammed vociferously. A Watergeuzen locked it and barred the door. He looked though the window and shouted at them:

May you burn in the fire of hell. You Hell-spawn, you will die in the horrendous way.

Spaniard screamed at the Watergeuzen,

NOOO!!!!

Watergeuzen lighted a rag and flung it into the cellar though the small window. He swiftly shut the small window and started to run for his existence.

Spaniard was still screaming the word and did not stop when the burning rag reached the wet floor.

NOOO!!!

There is not the word that can describe the noise.

The noise echoed around the Rotterdam stunned the people; they looked at the Governor’s residence and founded it on fire. They ran to the Governor’s residence to stop the fire. However, Sapphire stopped them from anyone approaching the residence to destroy the fire.

Sapphire were saddening about the death of the Watergeuzen, he gave his life for the Dutch people. There was a smell of burned flesh and the sound of screaming of the word “NOOO!” floating around the residence. To this day, there was a rumour, that on the day of Watergeuzen conquest, every year, there is a smell of burned flesh and a screaming on the site of burning residence.

However, there is only one survivor in this appalling fire, the deposed Governor ran out coughing.

Sapphire smirked at the sight of the deposed Governor and was so angry that the deposed Governor survived and his man did not so Sapphire turned to the people gathered around the burning residence and told them.

Friend and Comrade, I have come to liberate Rotterdam from malevolence Spaniard. My nickname is Sapphire and I am the commander of the Watergeuzen who conquered Brielle and finally conquered Rotterdam. My uniforms is nothing but a cloak to deceive these evil Spaniard, we will save our land from them. Therefore, I will give this evil Spaniard Governor to you and you can do anything to like to him but leave his head safe so I can send the head to evil Duke Alva

The rage and hope of Rotterdam people were on the Spaniard Governor and factually tore him into pieces only for dogs were fit to eat. The head however were at least a little bruised, that he send to Duke Alva.

Sapphire took all his men back to his ships trusting these people to defend themselves in Rotterdam. He set course to England to recover. His thought was set on Delft. He was so uneasy about it.

 

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Delft: II

Delft, ten minutes later

The Captain of Azure’s Fire looks around the burning harbour; it got four Spaniard warships, now just doing nothing. Although that reason for that was clear, all the warships suffered hefty damages and the way that his fleet fired into the stern had caused most of the warships’ crew decapitated. Firing by the stern shot though all deck, and did killed many including the warships’ captains who were slept serenely undoubtedly will wake up in higher place, somewhere beyond the clouds.

There was a small company about 500 men looking mortified at the Watergeuzen fleet destroying their warships. They are standing along the quayside. Azure’s Fire saw an opportunity to kill them so the Watergeuzen begun to open fire on the wall that lined the dock.

The company ran back to the gate so they can get the protection of the town wall, however, the town wall of course got damaged after a battering of Watergeuzen fleet’s cannons so the wall begun to fell apart. There was loose stones was falling everywhere hitting many soldiers and killing them.

Azure’s Fire noticed there was a ship near the company, it then begun to fired their cannons toward the ship. What they didn’t know was that it was a power ship, full of shots and power for the cannons.

So when the hot cannonballs hit the ship, it blew up. The quayside was literally covered by burning remnants of the power ship. Most of the company died in agonised way.

Some burning remnants of the power ship went into the town starting fire over the entire town.

This came at the price since some burning remnants of the power ship battered the Watergeuzen fleet. It killed few Watergeuzen but few is always too much so the Watergeuzen fleet made course to go to English Coast to meet with their commander, Sapphire.

The mission of Delft was victorious leaving behind ruined four warships, loss of an company and an burning town.

 

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Sapphires message to Alva

It was the seventh of August 1568 and while Alva rode at the head of his staff across a Dutch dike between Gouda and Utrecht a messenger with a bloodied basket arrived.

” Messenger: Sir, duke of Alva, the commander of the Watergeuzen ordered me to present this basket to you. I come from a most distressful situation in the city of Rotterdam and when I left the bloodbath in the city all the north seemed to explode and a cloud of black smoke erupted from the city of Delft.”

“Alva: could you please calm down soldier, what’s in the basket?”

And the soldier opened the basket with a sick view I his eyes.

“Messenger: The head of the governor of Rotterdam.”


“Alva: I want eight messengers to be send to all cities in Holland, the have to close their gates and leave no one in until further others. We will kill those Watergeuzen and everyone responsible for those damned atrocities.
One is to be sent to Haarlem, one to Amsterdam, one to Alkmaar, one to Enkhuizen, one to Leiden, one to Gouda, one to Dordrecht, and one to Middelburg
Next I want the army to march on a faster pace. We are going to retake Rotterdam and Delft. We are going to resettle some business.”

 

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The punishment of Rotterdam

Two days later Alva and his 15,000 men arrived in Rotterdam, a city of pure chaos.
Three of the six gates had been closed to his men and numerous shots had been fired, next to this a large group of citizens fled the city in an western direction.

“Fernando take 3.000 men of cavalry and gallop to the west. You will either return them to the city as a group or cut them down, I do not mind them being civilians they have to be stopped and punished like the rest of them. “

Two other officers got the order to secure all of the gates and make sure no one left the city while a few small ships filled with soldiers secured the river Maas.

And so no one could enter or leave the large Dutch city while Alva camped his men on the fields outside of the place. For three days he just stayed there while his skirmishers screened Delft. Three days in which many members of the city, Shepenen came to talk to the Spanish general, but he did not meet them, “Let them wait for me to come to them.” Was his answer.
Then, on the fourth day, Alva positioned his cannon in front of the gates that had been closed and battered them from sunrise till noon, the three other gates where torn down by a team of engineers.

After this show of power Three 2.000 men columns entered the city trough the battered gates and all filed onto the market square, not paying attention to any of the inhabitants at all.
Some ten minutes later Alava and a detachment off horse-soldiers galloped trough the streets torches in their hands, and gathered within the square on the market place.

At the same time the mayor of Rotterdam and all important nobles and traders, whom seemed worried to the bone, gathered around the square.

“I do not want to know what your intentions where when you helped those Watergeuzen commit their outrageous acts of violence against my men and I do not want to hear any excuse at all from you men. The fact to me is; you are guilty and I will treat you as such.

My men have orders to tear down the gates and walls of your city as to render it indefensible. Next to this a three month trade-blockade of the city will be in effect and no one will be allowed to enter or leave the city at all. I will take care of the grain supply into your city but next to this you will remain in isolation. Let this be a punishment!”

After having taken care of Rotterdam Alva moved on to Delft where he garrisoned 10,000 of his men whom repaired all the damage done by the fire and the ships explosion.

“From now on, all citizens of Holland will be supplied with a pass and only with this pass they are allowed to enter and leave a city. Philippo, carry out the order.”

 

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Sapphire is back in England: I

Sapphire’s servant Let called him Tom. sat before the table with his face in purest misery with the cup and the half empty wine bottle on the table. He held the cup and drank it in one go. His thought was with Sapphire and his band, he heard that Brielle fell and felt much rejoicing about it. His master conquered Brielle. He thought that his head would explode with pride, and then Sapphire disappeared into thin air. No one can find him apart from mere rumour that he helped the fall of Rotterdam. Then Tom felt very miserable when Duke Alva was furious with Waterguezen and he decided to turn Rotterdam into useless city. Sapphire went all that length to help these two cities free from Spaniard. It would not be long before Brielle fell to Spaniard as well. Hence, with no new about Sapphire, he started drinking Sapphire’s personal wine stock. He has 350 eager new Waterguezen ready to fight these Spaniard and there is no one to commandeering them apart from Sapphire whose name is famous among the Waterguezen. He also got seven ships ready for them but told them that Sapphire will not allowed them to fight these evil Spaniard until Sapphire got back. New Waterguezen are getting unrest of this restraint. Tom’s mind muddled with wine thought that he heard that Sapphire’s return. He laughed at himself unbelievably.

Sapphire and his group of captains walked into the room and looked at the servant and the wine on the table. Sapphire’s face went red with buried anger. He heard on the way to his London house that his servant managed to gather 350 new Waterguezen and 7 ships for them but told them to wait for Sapphire to return. Sapphire yelled at his servant:

Servant!

The result was that Tom stood up so quickly that the chair he sat in fell back and the table’s surface covered by broken wine bottle and wine spreading across the table. Tom was sobered and started to smile at Sapphire but when he looked at Sapphire’s face closely which was burning with buried anger, he started to get nervous. Tom knew that wine not allowed for servant like him to drink.

Sapphire smiled and told the captains that Tom was his second in command of the Waterguezen. He mainly handles this side of the channel when I handle some problem on other side. Tom was little light headed; he was second in command of the Waterguezen.

Sapphire grinned at him and sat on his personal chair and asked him:

So, what are the news from this side and other side of English Channel?

Tom replied nervously:

Well, Sir, I heard about the fall of Brielle and Rotterdam. So far, Brielle still holding against Spaniard but Rotterdam fell when Duke Alva arrived into the area with 15000 men.

Sapphire looked crestfallen about the new.

Tom continued:

Nevertheless, since your victory of Brielle, 350 more men joined the Waterguezen. I managed to gathered about seven ships for them to use but I forbidden them to use them until you returned to England. Welcome back, Master.

Sapphire smiled at Tom:

I know, Gather all these men and get all the captains to meet with me within next three days. I got a another plan.

 

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Sapphire's back in England Part 2.

In two days, 11 captains sat around in the meeting room, four was hard-bitten veteran who fought with Sapphire and other seven was recent captains and only joined Waterguezen when they heard Sapphire’s victory.

Sapphire told them about the new of Brielle, Rotterdam and several other cities. He then said:

Friends, I am satisfied to see more people among us. Together and with William of Orange’s help, I am sure we can free Dutch people from these evil Spaniards and to reunited all the Dutch people into one country.

Captain of Azure’s Fire who almost destroyed Delft said to him;

Where are we going next? I am bored with nothing to do.

Sapphire smiled:

It is interesting; you shall say that because we are going to next call of port. This city called Harderwijk. It is open and weak, only few Spaniard soldiers that we deal with no problem. We are not even going there calmly and kill them from inside. We go in there with brute force. No more and no less. We are going now and will be there as soon as possible. Any question?

Captains were nervous about the battle of Harderwijk since the battle by brute force will cost few life. Nevertheless, their commander have spoken and wretchedness on the person who disobey his commander. Captains mumbled some responses of having no question.

Captains stood up and went out fast as possible.

Sapphire sat down into his personal chairs and looked at Tom. Tom raised a question;

Sir, Harderwijk is the nearest city on the map to besieged Amersfoort.

Sapphire grinned at Tom;

Exactly, I wanted to meet William of Orange.

Tom gone pale and yelled at Sapphire;

Are you crazy, there still about 10000 men besieging Amersfoort and you only have about 500 men or so.

Sapphire replied;

Wait and hear, Tom.

 

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The Spanish cituation in the Netherlands 1568 August-October

September and October of 1568 went by relative silently as Alva isolated Rotterdam and retook Delft and Brielle punishing the later.
The Watergeuzen had scared all of the Spanish garrisons in the Netherlands and gave the willing civilians and the soldiers defending Amersfoort some much needed hope.

The Amerfoort siege went on into its seventh month and before long signals of despair began to sign. The cities population started to grumble and complain and wanted William and his army to leave the city very much afraid of a terrible punishment from the Spaniards and the economical consequences.

But despite this all the city held although Sytzema, Avernite and William of Orange knew the could not hold out for ever.
Unfortunately for the beleaguered this was something the Spanish duke of Alva knew this also. It would only be a matter of time before he and his army could ride into the city and raise it to the ground in anger.

And so the Dutch rebels where in a series of severe problems as it crept on their minds something, a miracle had to happen soon, otherwise their fight for freedom would be over.
The only advantage they had where on the one hand the demoralization amongst the 12,500 Spaniards in front of Amersfoort and their fear of the Watergeuzen on the other hand.

 

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Sapphire's raid on Harderwijk.

Few days later and at the dawn, Sapphire and his 11 ships looked out on city of Harderwijk. Sapphire ordered the ships to attack the quayside of the city and so it was obeyed.

It was dark enough which townspeople cannot see the ships and yet light enough for the ships to see the quay. Once the ships stopped at the dock. Men went over and started hitting the Fish’s gate. Sapphire looked at the Fish’s Gate and saw that it was strong so he looked around the dock area and found the large ship’s mast. He ordered his men to pick it up and start ramming the gate with it. Men rushed over to the mast, picked up the mast and rammed the Fish’s gate with it.

After few hits from the Ship’s mast, the Fish’s Gate was almost destroyed. Men rushed in and started shooting at the small Spaniard company who was based there.

After few hours, last of the Spaniard was cleaned up and then Sapphire ordered his men to gathered all the townspeople who looked at him hostile in the city’s square.

He smiled and shouted at them;

Friend and Comrades. We are gathered here to celebrate the fact that this city of Harderwijk is free from evil Spaniard. My name is Sapphire, I am the commander of the Waterguezen. We are going to fight these more evil Spaniard. Who is going to join me. There will be glory, fame and money for these who join us. They will be heroes.

Townspeople still looked at him with great hostile.

Sapphire got annoyed and began to yelled at them

It wasn’t my fault that Rotterdam that it got conquered by Duke Alva. It was my men who free your city from evil Spaniard. Do you want to join me in the war against Spaniards? Fine. No problem.

Sapphire’s tone turned bitter;

You want to know why I fight against Spaniard. It is because they killed my family and burned down my home and all my memory and they ruined my happiness. If you wanted to be safe and sleep with no fear about Spaniard moving into your home and started raping your daughters and wives. The best way of sleep peacefully in your bed without fear of Spaniard is to drive them out of this land and make sure they stayed in Spain. Meanwhile, my men are going to Amersfoort to meet with William of Orange. Who would like to join me?

Townspeople were interesting by that speech and began to applauded and cheered Sapphire and some of the townspeople begun to yell at him of how they joined the Waterguezen.

Sapphire sighed and told them that if they wanted to join the Waterguezen, gather in the square at midday.

At midday, about 2500 men gathered in the square with their weapons ready. Sapphire was very pleased by the recruitment and divided the people into twelve groups under him and his captain. It mean about 3000 men was ready to fight with Sapphire. These 3000 Waterguezen set off on the road to Amersfoort. They should arrive there by dawn.

 

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Alva reacts to the Watergeuzens threat

That same day Alva governor of the Netherlands and general of all armies in the Spanish Netherlands received a message the Watergeuzen had been spotted entering the Zuiderzee and where probably heading for Zwolle Kampen or Harderwijk.
Quickly he broke camp of the small forces at hand in his camp in Utrecht and send word to Delft to gather another 10,000 men and send them to Amersfoort.

Together with his own 6,000 men he set out from Utrecht within an hour before dawn and reached the Utrecht-Amersfoort road an hour later, when the first rays of sun covered the earth.

”Move quickly Sidonia, this time I will catch those filthy bastards. I do not want them to massacre another garrison and leave with it unpunished. Those Dutch bastards are already in a state of uproar unsurpassed in their history. Get them!”

Together with a regiment of Lancers Alva left his second in command and galloped along the road towards Amersfoort. Towards his demoralized garrisons bottling up the Dutch insurgents.

 

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Attack on Amersfoort by Waterguezen

Sapphire and his 3000 men arrived just in sight of Amersfoort and it surrounding besieging force. Sapphire lined up his men and started yelling:

For William of Orange

His men shouted that echoing around the lands.

One of the Spaniards just waking up and thought:

“Ha, We besieging William of Orange, who could possible rescue them?

Sapphire then said:

For me and Waterguezen

His men shouted that as well with one minor difference.

For Sapphire and Waterguezen

Spaniard was shocked as he thought:

Waterguezen is here and Sapphire is here as well.

He has heard many tales about vicious punishment and how good they are in muskets and hand-to-hand fighting. They conquered many cities as well.

Sapphire yelled at his men:

Charge

And so Sapphire’s 3000 men run forward into 12500 Spaniards. However, about a quarter of Spaniard was thinking along the same line as that poor Spaniard above. And so they broke into fear and begun to ran away leaving behind their muskets and equipments. They ran away on the road to Utrecht.

Waterguezen met Spaniards in force and so the air was echoing with warcries and screams.