. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. for its defense. Its members fallen into popular disfavor, and on September 5th they were put in prison—a bold step, for which no one wished to appear Rio, the Spanish Blood-Councillor, was sent to Orange, who kept him closeand asked him many unpleasant questions. The garrison of Ghent was besiegedin the citadel. The prince was asked for troops to help in this, and sent them,.relieving the fears of the Catholic malcontents by assur
. The story of our Christianity; an account of the struggles, persecutions, wars, and victories of Christians of all times. for its defense. Its members fallen into popular disfavor, and on September 5th they were put in prison—a bold step, for which no one wished to appear Rio, the Spanish Blood-Councillor, was sent to Orange, who kept him closeand asked him many unpleasant questions. The garrison of Ghent was besiegedin the citadel. The prince was asked for troops to help in this, and sent them,.relieving the fears of the Catholic malcontents by assuring them that their ^64 THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. religion should not be disturbed. The cannonading and the sessions of the con-gress went on together. Maestricht rose, won over the Germans of its garrison,and drove out the Spaniards. They returned with reinforcements, and took thecity by a disgraceful stratagem : the women of a suburb were seized, and eachsoldier of the attacking column held one before him, firing over her burghers, unwilling to train their cannon on their neighbors and relatives,. A CANAL IN LEYDRN. were overcome, and Maestricht, on October 20th, suffered the usual horrors infull measure. ANTWERP IN DANGER. Antwerp was now trembling, and the provinces trembled for Antwerp. Allknew that the soldiers, thirsting for plunder and blood, had turned covetous eyes THE STORY OF OUR CHRISTIANITY. 565 upon the richest city in the world. The richest city was commanded by fortress, and that was full of bandits. Avila, their leader, was iu closecommunication with the mutineers at Alost, Maestricht, and elsewhere ; mutineersno longer iudeed, for all their officers had joined them, and Roda, as a memberof the State Council, claimed to represent the king. When all the Spaniardsin the country should have been collected in the citadel, what defense had Ant-werp against their fury ? Only some German troops, led by Van Ende andOberstein. Van Ende
Size: 1564px × 1598px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectchurchhistory, bookye
