Leicester, then, in order to deceive the enemy, came to Bergen-op-zoom, with five hundred men, where he remained two days, not sleeping a wink, as he averred, during the whole time.
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John Lothrop Motley Last Updated: February 7, 2009
And we are now, in daily fear lest the English commanders in Bergen-op-zoom, Ostend, and other cities, should commit the same crime.
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A canal-boat had left Antwerp for Brussels that morning, and in the vicinity of the latter city had been set upon by a detachment from the English garrison of Bergen-op-zoom, and captured, with twelve prisoners and a freight of 60,000 florins in money.
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John Lothrop Motley Last Updated: February 7, 2009