Eighty Years' War (1600) Ep. 12 - 1600: Battle of Nieuwpoort

[@MixerRenegade95]

Defragged please: 'Either Fight or Drink the Sea'' with a picture of Maurits needs to be on a shirt, I've watched this Episode many times and that line is one of my favorites.

[@patricksteinmann1320]

Wow! This episode is just master class! Profoundly well researched, beautifully presented and told like a thriller!

[@DefraggedHistory]

Glad you enjoyed it! It was a tough nut to crack with 9 different sources and the Spanish and Italian ones I had containing so few details.

[@robhendrikx2198]

​@@DefraggedHistory You must have felt like you just ran a marathon. I was getting battle fatigue just watching.😊

[@kimok4716]

I had a sudden urge two weeks ago to learn more about the 80 years war as i felt it could be a great inspiration to write fantasy. Then i found this channel and oh boy. I watched all 12 episodes and i must say this has to be one of the best history documentaries I've ever seen. I felt like watching a movie the entire time. As a foreign student living in the Netherlands I now see traces of this conflict everywhere in the city I live in and I undertsand why you guys love the colour orange so much haha. I just want to thank you for this mountain of fantastic work. Can't wait for part 3.

[@JohnEvert77]

How can there be so few likes for this masterful series. In school, the 80 years war is a couple of chapters and i never i grasped the immense complexity of this conflict! Well done Defraaged - this should be mandatory stuff in schools.

[@zaniwoob]

Well now we can't bother the dutch with too much details of the birth of their nation. They might start resisting Brussels even more!

[@334outdoors8]

I just found this series after being triggered into looking into the 80years war from it triggering multiple times on me in eu4 and this has been one of the most enjoyable, easy listening, well pronounced, in-depth, and well researched series I’ve ever seen I’m looking forward to the next episodes and any thing else you produce

[@DefraggedHistory]

Thank you! ❤

[@nilsvisser4383]

I'm loving the pre-battle speeches. Fantastic performance artistry here within your chosen medium. Kudos.

[@DefraggedHistory]

Thank you. I had a record those more than a few times. I kept blowing out the mic. 😆 Maurits' speech was a lot longer (he repeats a few things), but you get the gist. I've heard medievalists say that these pre-battle speeches were more of a myth, written after the fact, but considering Maurits rode up and down the ranks (and repeated his words), I think these speeches probably happened. But who knows...

[@AudieHolland]

@@DefraggedHistory Bravo!

[@anotherdaywasted2297]

What an absolute amazing amount of detail given to this one episode in this 80-year-long story!

[@DefraggedHistory]

I always planned to go deep on this one.

[@napolien1310]

I think I'm in my fourth run on the series, this episode is one of my favourites mostly because of the detailed battle which I believe we have never had in KZbin most of history channels skip a lot of stuff and recently I see a lot try to do introductions and reasons to why a battle happened which is good but nothing like this, I will never get tired of this series, and can't wait for new episodes.

[@AusTraLiaNPsyChO]

I could listen to you pronounce names forever. My brain can barely comprehend the letters being said when I look at the name you're pronouncing, but damn does it sound awesome. Thank you so much for such an amazing series - including the Kursk one I had watched prior to this. We're lucky to have you.

[@veritasEtjusticia]

Man, I can't wait for part III... I watched the Batavia series twice it was so gripping and I found this series just as gripping. It's going to be difficult not to read up on Dutch history while I wait but I don't want any spoilers!

[@larsdumm6359]

Yesss! On point! Quiet please, now and here we are back in time where history was made and created the world we are today. And now let hear and see what happend next in the past...

[@berendharmsen]

At some point, every time you mentioned commander Vere, I kept hearing Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back saying to one of his generals: 'General Vere, prepare your men!' (although that guy's name is technically spelled 'Veers', but that is neither here nor there of course). I now think you actually even said something like 'general Vere prepares his men', but maybe I'm making that up. But I heard a lot of Darth Vader in my head this episode. Damn, this is good. The narration is just awesome. For those just following the main story: don't miss out on the blooper reels.

[@larsdejong7396]

Ok, I think Francis Vere has just become my favorite general. Fighting with all the skill and valor befitting a knight, despite being constantly backstabbed by his queen. And now, in one of the most intense battles of the whole war, defieing his own safety for the sake of his men. And here I was thinking Ernst Casimir was brave.

[@Raadpensionaris]

Vere is an absolute hero. One of the best officers that served in this war

[@maesterchris2120]

I think more than just being skilled and brave he adopted Maurits' way of war incredibly well and always carried out his assigned role on the battlefield as best as he could, never abandoning battleplans for personal glory. An incredibly competent general in what more and more starts to look like an all-star Dutch high command

[@philipsalama8083]

I was doubtful that a 1.5 hour video on one single battle could be as good as the other episodes. This showed me to keep my mouth shut, lol. Fantastic work, really fantastic.

[@alexanderwaite9403]

What an epic episode!!! I am learning more from your series than I ever have in university. I never knew how the 80 Years War shaped history because it is ignored in the Anglosphere! Keep up the great work!!!!

[@sprret]

The epicness of this battle is overwhelming… I need a drink.

[@flexyco]

Ha! Eindelijk! Ik heb er zó lang op zitten wachten! Dank je wel!

[@juzores1]

I was on edge all the time during the battle as I my sons were there, really great narration and writing, congratulations.

[@normtrooper4392]

Criminally underrated channel. Expecially the pronunciation of spanish names

[@_thoughtcriminal_9102]

Wish I had found this later so I could watch it in its entirety all at once, really great in depth history stuff

[@kimberlyhacker3334]

Your presentation, script, imagery, voice, have all brought this battle to life. Fantastic.

[@cambridge1960]

Quite impressed by the detailed story of this battle combined with the drawings, use of flags to illustrate and photos of dunes and sand. You really painted a picture for us. An amazingly detailed account. Good work!

[@tommyodonovan3883]

I will send $100 to DFH for this series. I clicked so fast I hurt myself.

[@DefraggedHistory]

and thank YOU for watching!

[@fullmontyuk]

Before battle: Maurice takes advice from Sir Francis. Smart man. During battle: Narrator describes the account given by Sir Francis as 'self-aggrandizing'. 😲😲 Heresy!! 😎 Good video. On point regarding the sources. This remains true of warfare even now and history generally. That's why we love the subject.

[@rocketshipevan]

I was just going to watch it in pieces like I do, but I couldnt stop. Excellent!

[@DefraggedHistory]

I'm sorry I've done that to you... or not...😉

[@thibozwaenepoel2125]

Can`t wait for the siege of Ostend (the new Troy). Hope you will get a chapter talking about the crazy siege weapons used for that battle. 👍

[@DefraggedHistory]

Several chapters, in fact.😉

[@ariedijker2911]

@@DefraggedHistory Thank you, waiting impatiently. Greetings🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

[@Bloodknok]

What a great video - I’m currently reading a book on the Dutch revolt and these videos bring everything to life. Bravo!

[@DefraggedHistory]

Thank you for watching! ❤

[@bv3700]

Exceptionally thrilling! This is the best historical series I have ever had the pleasure of observing. Wow!

[@fullteague4070]

9 maanden geleden had ik je 1ste 12 afl. in +- 3 weken gekeken. Nu 9 maanden later zijn er 4 nieuwe. Dankje! Vind ze echt super! Morgen gaat de volgende marathon beginnen. 😄❤

[@RianHagebeuk]

Was wondering how you would manouver a squadron of horses through the Dunes, and then you delivered. Thank you.

[@ramdasvaidyanathan760]

PHENOMENAL!!! A little remiss on my part to have delayed my comments, since I was very busy when this was released. A very well done and throughly researched work of art ! So many angles covered in so many ways, with so many little details that are missing in other places. Well done , great job!!! Met and exceeded all my expectations. As a lover of the Board Games Here I Stand and Virgin Queen, Iam very impressed with your work.

[@SirWilliamKidney]

I'm so excited! Thank you for the video!

[@DefraggedHistory]

You are so welcome!

[@davidmarshall8172]

At last waited a long time for this one

[@DefraggedHistory]

Sorry for the long wait! Hope you enjoyed the presentation.

[@Swift-mr5zi]

This is one of my fav battles in history

[@Anaxakorgas]

Incredible episode, what a great channel !

[@patchraraphonchaithanakulm2125]

Maurits’s pre-battle speeches were awesome! I want to know the source of them.

[@SirWilliamKidney]

This was well worth the wait!

[@davidsachs4883]

I’m very much enjoying this series. The only real bummer is that the posted videos end with 19 years remaining, and that means I’ll have to wait until the year’s end before the series is complete. You might consider doing the Anglo-Dutch wars after this series is completed.

[@DefraggedHistory]

Thanks for watching. The final episode (20) is coming really soon, though.

[@ariedijker2911]

I've always thought I knew quite a bit about the 80 Years War. Man was I wrong. Perhaps it is possible to learn more about how the farmers and the citizens have had to suffer. Families must have been torn apart with horrific starvation and disease. That there are still people left in the countryside for the harvest? Or was food imported at that time? Etc. Thank you and groetjes.🌷🌷

[@krzysztoffabianski7058]

With your upload this day immidiately became the best day of this month!!

[@casadelosotte]

What a spectacular video this is.! I am watching all 18, but this tops it all!

[@sagarroy4355]

You always find something new during rewatch!

[@jeremycunningham7897]

Absolutely brilliant… the most dramatic yet! So good…

[@niek9242]

Just as i finished episode 11 last night :) Perfect timing, thanks

[@manic2360]

That was thrilling and excellently presented.. thank you.. roll on Summer.

[@johntellnott12345]

These videos are my new favorite thing. Thank you so much.

[@lbergen001]

Absolutely superb!!!👍👍🌟🇳🇱 I did not know exactly who won this battle, but you made it very thrilling by the way you told this history. Lot of compliments for this video ( and all previous ones).

[@DefraggedHistory]

Thank you ❤

[@seantice]

been waiting for this ! So happy its dropped, Thank you for all the work you are doing!

[@matthewexline6589]

Episode 13 sure seems to be taking quite a while! I've been waiting for it! Hope all is well! :-)

[@DefraggedHistory]

Episode 13 is the first one of part III. As it says at the end of the video, that's gonna be out this summer. I'm afraid you'll have to wait a little longer. 😬

[@bigchungus4336]

Always look forward to these

[@harismusanovic6730]

Fancy names, fancy name, fancy name and Robert Bostock 😂

[@jeremycunningham7897]

Oooh I’m lookin forward to this!! Feet up with it tonight :)

[@igor-yp1xv]

Brilliant!

[@hamedgrech194]

Thanks!

[@DefraggedHistory]

Thank you. 🥰

[@adamweilergurarye5422]

Thank you for a wonderful video

[@Back4Fungame]

yeah, super happy that this finally released

[@briansprock2248]

Fracking awesome

[@NERVNOTO]

very nice episode.........greatings from slobodan miloshevitch

[@lopedeaguirre1]

I love that voice of the narrator. So satisfying to hear about the papists getting crushed

[@JohnSmith-dq7sr]

Amazing stuff, while not being spammed by ads.

[@deinemutter8999]

Made my evening

[@solaire2904]

this day just got better

[@adamweilergurarye5422]

Fantastic!

[@nicholasjones7774]

Second watch. I am sure, many more before the summer 😩 hahaha enjoy the “break” if you are taking one. I am sure you have to catch up on your real life so I doubt you will get a real break 😢. Anyway, thanks so much for this!! The Dutch C.V. Wedgewood!

[@DefraggedHistory]

Thanks! Not taking a break. Just looking at a ton of work I need to do to finish part III.

[@nicholasjones7774]

Wwooo!!! Home from work! Amped friday night

[@mikechaud1300]

AWESOME

[@hashimbokhamseen7877]

excelente

[@rakaman27]

And on tonight's program: Maurits gives a speech The Spanish capture some guns The rebels do a bit of yelling.

[@Raadpensionaris]

Impressive episode again. Never saw Nieuwpoort in this much detail. Where do you find the painting at 51:27 btw? I never found a good resolution version of it on the internet

[@DefraggedHistory]

Thanks! Still a low-res version I'm afraid. But an awesome image, right?

[@justinassurgelis6646]

Very good video I liked it 👍💅✌️

[@DefraggedHistory]

Thank you 😁

[@kapiteingrasparkiet7574]

04:00 here, Maurits pulled a very famous Chinese morale booster used by Xiang Yu - 破釜沉舟 pò fù chén zhōu (which literally means "Break the pots and Sink the ships"), where the soldiers upon knowing the only way to survive is to fight their way out, sending them into frenzy. Maurits you clever clever boi.

[@SirWilliamKidney]

So I've been meaning to ask: it looks like you took a road-trip to get the footage for episode 11 (which looked great, btw) did you make a vacation out of it? What was it like?

[@DefraggedHistory]

Thanks! A vacation? Ain't nobody got time for that. 😉 I took a day trip in 2019 (a few months after I started working on this series) and again a day trip in November 2022 to trace the route. That one took 12 hours. Most of the dune footage was shot on another quick trip in December 2022 after visited family who live in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, which is more than half-way there from where I live. For future reference: whenever I take trips, I live-tweet on twitter @defraggedh to chronicle the journey a little bit.

[@dutchman7623]

@@DefraggedHistory 2021... 🤫

[@DefraggedHistory]

I traveled to the future 😉

[@SirWilliamKidney]

@@DefraggedHistory No way I do that every day! ;)

[@dutchman7623]

@@DefraggedHistory For a historian that is the right way to anticipate!

[@thomraab608]

Any idea when part 3 of this series will be available?

[@DefraggedHistory]

I'm still working on it. It will be later this summer. A few weeks before the release of the next episode there will be a trailer to alert all.

[@dittmannrudolfrohr2149]

Endlich!

[@RAWDernison1]

Geweldig, een nieuwe episode. Maar spoed is geboden! Laten we eerst de 80-jarige Oorlog afronden voordat de "muricans aan WOIII beginnen. Dankbaarheid uit het reeds bevrijde Haarlem.

[@AudieHolland]

Just one thing: surely there can be only on Count of Nassau at any given time? I take it the other Nassau family members are not all Count of Nassau at the same time?

[@DefraggedHistory]

They are all Counts of Nassau.

[@joeneil5485]

Anyone know how the individual soldiers got their personal powder and firearms across the river...? 6 feet of water, 5' 9" soldiers generally...?

[@nicholasjones7774]

15 mins in i need a cigarette and i don’t smoke. And i am pretty sure of the conclusion 😂

[@nicholasjones7774]

Then the speeches! Agh!

[@victoru6386]

Maurits when he's at Niewpoort another time: (Niewpoort war flashback)

[@Yomabo]

The title is weird. It says 166.

[@zaniwoob]

Een waar standaardwerk in creatie. Dit zal naam en faam verwerven.

[@lewowski4114]

Yes yes yes

[@williamball5477]

who is the narrator? She is very good

[@dutchman7623]

All, yes all, is done by Defragged History, and not enough compliments can be given for this achievement! A one woman enterprise!

[@DefraggedHistory]

Just little old me over here. Check the FAQ for a little bit more info (I'd like to keep some things a mystery 😉) defraggedhistory.com/faq/

[@avut2001]

Amazing and horrifying at the same time. Maurits really had balls of steel. It's weird he's not talked about as much as other commanders of military greatness. Those poor, poor horses, though :( I always hate the use of animals in active warfare or dangerous police work

[@psicrime]

yes, my hunger is about to b stilled, in a gruesome manner......lets dig in. Thanx. \o/

[@DefraggedHistory]

Rock on!

[@quintenbruggink1595]

FUCK YEAHHHHH hier wachtte ik op 😌😌😌😌😩😩😩😫😫😫

[@GIjoe614]

O yeh i 4got about it

[@MarcusAgrippa390]

I was so happy to see the upload that I think I cursed out loud..... In Dutch.... Which I've never spoken in my life...

[@DefraggedHistory]

Dare I ask the word? 😆

[@MarcusAgrippa390]

@@DefraggedHistory Something like heilige sh!tzenbirgen... But don't quote me on that 💩

[@DefraggedHistory]

Might just have to use that one in a future episode. 😁

[@MarcusAgrippa390]

@@DefraggedHistory Consider any quotes or statements from me to be open source and free use. Actually it would be an honor for you to use it lolol! Love this whole channel!

[@lordmanatee439]

Fucking TEXTBOOK

[@tomyearboro7516]

Wilhelmus: Uitstekend en oppermachtig

[@robvoncken2565]

Summer 2022 ?? You can better then that chop chop 😊

[@DefraggedHistory]

Working as fast as I can, which is pretty fast, but there's a lot of work that still needs to be done to finish it.

[@sahhaf1234]

How do you know that Ottoman empire demanded Maurice? As far as I know, it is entirely out of character for Ottomans to want such a thing.On a personal note, I do not know how can I wait till summer...

[@DefraggedHistory]

I know nothing. 😉 But I had a few sources say they wanted Count Maurits to teach them the new-fangled ways. These job offers came over time, of course, not right away.

[@sahhaf1234]

@@DefraggedHistory At that point in time, Ottomans were extremely arrogant and they thought they had nothing to learn from the "western infidels".. Only after a continuous string of defeats from 1650's on they learned to be more modest.. I guess they started to copy western methods from 1750's on.

[@DefraggedHistory]

You got me interested to know more about this. I'll have to look up the exact wording used by these sources and get back to you.

[@sahhaf1234]

@@DefraggedHistory thanks..

[@DefraggedHistory]

I haven't looked up the quotes yet, but I'm currently working on a chapter about the Long Turkish War for the next episode and came across this site and the Ottoman's first time ever use of foreign mercenaries and innovations they brought from the 80YW. weaponsandwarfare.com/2020/06/29/the-long-turkish-war-ottoman/ "The Ottoman military benefited greatly from these new innovations, thanks to its receptivity and pragmatism. For the first time in Ottoman history, the government enlisted groups of mercenaries who had deserted from the Habsburg camp. Even though this was extraordinary and not representative of a generalized trend, it demonstrates that the Ottoman government of the seventeenth century was far from being the reactionary and conservative organ that is still a commonly held conviction about its identity today."

[@GIjoe614]

Day gifts??

[@Colombiani]

I just can't believe the states general to be so stupid

[@maartjewaterman1193]

It wasn't all doom and gloom in that period coz 2 years later the East Indian Company, which took the Netherlands to great wealth, was founded

[@RAWDernison1]

No spoilers please LOL

[@DefraggedHistory]

As mentioned in episode 11. 😉

[@foetsie85]

we are done plundering some village's let's get back to our general

[@DefraggedHistory]

Got any good loot? 🍿

[@joeneil5485]

*ARK-BOOSS-EE-AY... Even if it's plural...

[@teacup9161]

[@hashimbokhamseen7877]

van der Aaaaaaa

[@gewoonfrank478]

Fort groten dorst 😂