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In the meantime, the Duke had gathered in Bergen-op-Zoom more
than a ton of gold, obtaining thereby forced cooperation of all the
other lords such as lord of Berleymont, lord Nockerme, Vigilius…
A big advantage for the Duke since the city was so powerful, with
boat access deep inside the land, such as count Louis quite a treasure
had there with this situation.
With all other treasures and tapestries, the Duke had made this
bastion even stronger, obtaining allegiance of the inhabitants, not
leaving them a moment of free time.
Numerous boats came from Portugal in Flessingue, putting again
pressure up to Antwerp, in spite of forbidden maritime presence by
the crual Duke, at the time of the visit of the Duke of Medina Sidona.
In August, a French Admiral shot with a gun in his arm, while reading
a letter at his window… It was at the time that the King of France
was passing by with the Duke of Guise in the house of the Admiral.
This made the King believe in a temptative murder and caused a
whole investigation and punishment story for the said Admiral as well
as the Hugenots troops...
Both Dukes, of Alba and of Medina, went to Mons in Hainaut with
their armies to demonstrate their power to the Hugenots.
On September 21st the city of Mons gave up under the army of the
Duke of Alba without any fights since the city authorities preferred
peaceful talks and the French, who believed they were home, and
their Admiral was dead, let the other troops enter in Mons.
All was done as if the French count Louis would retire from this place
without the inhabitants rejecting the new invaders, thereby giving
access up to Roermond in Gelderland because the brother of the
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