September 1622 – September 2022: 400 Jahre Eroberung Heidelbergs im Dreißigjährigen Krieg
Siege of Heidelberg (1622) - WikipediaThe leader of the English forces Gerard Herbert was killed. Sir Simonds d'Ewes wrote of the account he received from Sir Dudley North, that Herbert "was slaine after three pikes first valiantlye brooken, being then shott in the head. This hapned through the cowardice of the Dutchmen in the outworkes, as he fullye dilated it to mee."[3]

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