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Updated: May 16, 2025
The Spaniards at last, whether they wore their shirts inside or outside their doublets, could no longer handle the Dutchmen at pleasure. That people of butter, as the iron duke of Alva was fond of calling the Netherlanders, were grown harder with the pressure of a twenty-five years' war. Five days after the sanguinary 'camiciata' the besieged offered to capitulate.
Thus forewarned, Maurice took the best precautions and calmly within his entrenchments awaited the onslaught. Punctual to his appointment, Verdugo with his whole force, yelling "Victoria! Victoria!" made a shirt-attack, or camiciata the men wearing their shirts outside their armour to distinguish each other in the darkness upon that portion of the camp which was under command of Hohenlo.
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