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The two officers obtained permission from their commanders, and the combat took place on 5 February 1600. Each brought twenty-one cavalrymen and two heralds in support. The battle began at a trumpet signal from the heralds. Abrahams was the first casualty, being shot through the neck in the first
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charge. His brother also died in the engagement. Bréauté had his horse shot from under him twice, was wounded and made prisoner. He was killed in cold blood, three quarters of an hour after having been captured, in revenge for the death of the
Abrahams brothers.
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The fighting of a mass cavalry duel was a practice more familiar from chivalric romances than from the warfare of the time, and the small engagement made a great impression on contemporaries. A pamphlet account of the encounter was put out almost immediately as
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Histoire du combat du 5 février 1600, aux environs de Bois-le-Duc, entre le seigneur de Breauté, avec 21 soldats au service des hollandois, & Gerard
Abrahams avec aussi 21 soldats au service de Leurs
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1402:, 1600). The event was commemorated in songs, poems, histories, paintings and prints.
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1313:(5 February 1600) was a cavalry duel fought by pre-arrangement on Vughterheide near
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Catalogue des livres de la bibliothèque de feu monsieur Gaspar-Joseph de
Servais
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1448:(in Dutch). Gorinchem: Goetzee. pp. 319–323
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1551:16th-century military history of Spain
1405:There are paintings of the battle by
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1566:Battles involving the Dutch Republic
41:Battle of Bréauté and Lekkerbeetje
14:
1502:('s-Hertoghenbosch, 1973), p. 23.
1561:Battles of the Eighty Years' War
1477:, vol. 1 (Haarlem, 1852), p. 31.
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1323:Albert VII, Archduke of Austria
1489:(Mechelen, 1808), pp. 269-270.
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1556:Eighty Years' War (1566–1609)
1442:Meteren, Emanuel Van (1755).
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1307:Battle of Lekkerbeetje
129:Commanders and leaders
21:Battle of Lekkerbeetje
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173:Casualties and losses
1347:Baron of Grobbendonk
1168:2nd Cape St. Vincent
1058:2nd 's-Hertogenbosch
970:1st Cape St. Vincent
913:1st 's-Hertogenbosch
829:1st English Channel
645:Ten Years, 1588–1598
1423:Esaias van de Velde
1386:Esaias van de Velde
1158:3rd English Channel
983:Twelve Years' Truce
965:2nd English Channel
873:1st Schenckenschans
727:3rd Geertruidenberg
662:2nd Geertruidenberg
368:1st Geertruidenberg
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1343:Anthonie II Schetz
1091:2nd Schenkenschans
1033:2nd Bergen op Zoom
657:1st Bergen op Zoom
1541:Conflicts in 1600
1498:P. Th. J. Kuyer,
1419:Gerrit van Santen
1351:Pierre de Bréauté
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1148:Lizard Point
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26:Part of the
1398:(Brussels,
1363:Vught Heath
1359:cuirassiers
1240:East Indies
1185:Puerto Rico
1053:4th Groenlo
1008:Playa Honda
1002:East Indies
985:, 1609–1621
943:3rd Groenlo
888:San Andreas
792:2nd Groenlo
752:1st Groenlo
687:Knodsenburg
672:2nd Zutphen
620:1st Zutphen
575:3rd Antwerp
560:Steenbergen
550:2nd Antwerp
460:1st Antwerp
435:Reimerswaal
398:Schoonhoven
388:Mookerheyde
288:Heiligerlee
76:Netherlands
68:Vught Heath
1535:Categories
1429:References
933:2nd Lingen
898:Nieuwpoort
878:Zaltbommel
817:1st Lingen
797:Bredevoort
480:Borgerhout
383:Valkenburg
358:IJsselmeer
348:Middelburg
303:Le Quesnoy
278:Oosterweel
1288:Aftermath
1224:Itamaracá
1200:Trujillo
1163:The Downs
1138:2nd Cádiz
1121:4th Hulst
1116:3rd Hulst
1101:3rd Venlo
1096:4th Breda
1071:2nd Venlo
1043:3rd Breda
1016:1621–1648
960:2nd Sluis
928:3rd Sluis
918:2nd Grave
861:1599–1609
848:1st Cádiz
807:Ootmarsum
787:1st Meurs
772:2nd Hulst
737:Groningen
692:1st Hulst
667:2nd Breda
625:1st Sluis
600:1st Venlo
595:1st Grave
555:Eindhoven
530:Noordhorn
525:1st Breda
488:1579–1588
448:1576–1579
430:Zuiderzee
403:Zierikzee
393:Oudewater
311:1572–1576
293:Jemmingen
268:Wattrelos
246:1566–1572
1246:MormugĂŁo
1204:Campeche
1195:Abrolhos
1174:Americas
833:Flanders
802:Enschede
777:Turnhout
762:2nd Lier
707:Caudebec
697:Nijmegen
682:Delfzijl
545:1st Lier
470:Rijmenam
465:Gembloux
415:Flushing
298:Jodoigne
160:Strength
70:outside
63:Location
1520:Utrecht
1396:Altezes
1256:Malacca
1219:Cabañas
1153:Dunkirk
1038:Fleurus
535:Niezijl
420:Borsele
363:Alkmaar
353:Haarlem
343:Naarden
323:Brielle
233:Origins
1452:19 May
1276:Cavite
1271:Manila
1086:Leuven
1028:JĂĽlich
996:Aachen
908:Ostend
853:Azores
767:Calais
590:Boksum
580:Arnhem
540:Lochem
520:Kollum
373:Leiden
283:Dahlen
273:Lannoy
120:
107:
84:Result
1581:Vught
1469:, in
1333:Event
1284:Peace
1251:Galle
1143:Slaak
1111:Kallo
1063:Meuse
757:Lippe
702:Rouen
610:Neuss
585:Empel
570:Aalst
565:Ghent
510:Diest
440:Lillo
378:Delft
123:Spain
43:, by
1454:2020
1417:and
1305:The
883:Rees
605:Axel
338:Goes
328:Mons
55:Date
1309:or
747:Huy
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1518:,
1514:,
1473:,
1425:.
1413:,
1409:,
1345:,
1329:.
1317:,
1290:–
1286:–
1073:,
1069:,
235:–
178:14
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831:·
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203:t
196:v
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