Jun 20, 2020 | Spanish Tercios 1618-1648, Tercios españoles 1618-1648
“I came, I saw, and God conquered”, they say that Emperor Charles V pronounced after the overwhelming victory of his troops over the Schmalkaldic League in the battle of Mühlberg, fought on April 24, 1547. Since Luther expounded his famous 95 theses in...
Jun 11, 2020 | Spanish Tercios 1618-1648, Tercios españoles 1618-1648
“It seems that God is Spanish in working such a great miracle.” In the Battle or Miracle of Empel, the soldiers of the Spanish Tercios confronted a flotilla of Dutch ships, which is one of the most unusual and iconic acts of arms of the Eighty Years War....
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