Thursday, 19 March 2026

View of the siege and capture of the city of Heidelberg by the troops of the Catholic League in September 1622

 September 1622 – September 2022: 400 Jahre Eroberung Heidelbergs im Dreißigjährigen Krieg

Siege of Heidelberg (1622) - Wikipedia

The 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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