Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch
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The Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch was a battle of the Eighty Years' War in which a Dutch Republican army captured the city of 's Hertogenbosch which had been loyal to the King of Spain.
Frederick Henry surrounded the city with an army of 30,000 men. As the ground surroudning the city was a swamp, the inhabitants had felt that their city was unconquerable. In order to bypass the swamps, Henry diverted two of the streams feeding the swamps (the Dommel and the Aa). The city surrendered after a three-month siege.
