Rietdijk
The defensive line also ran past the very spot where you are now standing.
Reinforcements from outside for occupied Breda: that was the last thing the Spanish besiegers under the command of Ambrogio Spinola could use during the Eighty Years’ War. That is why they built a defensive work — a circumvallation — around the captured city. The defensive line also ran past the very spot where you are now standing. There was only one problem: in summer this area was marshy, in winter it was under water. To solve this, the Spanish troops constructed a dike here, with tree trunks laid along its crest. This way, wagon wheels would not sink into the ground. Today, nothing of the dike can be seen anymore. All that remains is the name.
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