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- A bloody struggle for freedom
has started in the Spanish Low Lands. It all started with Religion.
After a small rebellion about religion, the Duke of Alba was
sent to the Netherlands, arriving one year after the end of the
rebellion and executing some 1100 Protestants. After this act
of cruelty, the Low Lands divided into two parties; the Union
of Artois in the South, pro-Spanish and the Union of Utrecht,
most of modern-day Holland and Belgium, which was anti-Spanish.
William of Orange raised an army and attacked from Germany. After
being initially beaten back, the Dutch finally capture Den Briel
in 1573. Success would now be on the Dutch side and the city
of Leiden is relieved after a long siege. In 1584 however, William
of Orange is assassinated by a fanatic Catholic, and the next
year, the Low Lands' biggest city, Antwerpen, is captured by
the Spanish.
- The year is now 1589. Prince
Maurits has just become Stadtholder. You take his place, or you
can choose to play as another player, but whoever you rule, prepare
for a long and bloody struggle to keep your nation alive and
independent.
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