The court of Madrid had placed at the head of sixty thousand men the
famous Spinola. This general, to carry out the intentions of his
master, entered the territories of Holland, and presented himself
before Bergen-op-Zoom. The Spaniards took their posts, erected their
batteries, thundered against the ramparts, gave many assaults, and
caused the timid among the besieged to tremble; but the prince of
Orange having thrown in succours, the besiegers retired on the 2nd of
October, with the loss of ten thousand men, after two months of useless
efforts, leaving Bergen-op-Zoom her glorious title of a _Maiden City_.