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Siege of Breda, 1624

...that the Army of Flanders (Siege of Breda (1624) pictured) was the longest standing army in early modern history, operating from 1567 to 1706?
...that, during half a millennium, the Croÿ family produced two cardinals, seven bishops, nine field marshals, twenty generals, and thirty two knights of the Order of the Golden Fleece?
...that Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) cemetery in Belgium was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and contains the grave of the playwright Alan Bennett's uncle?

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Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/December#8 December 2009, archive of Main Page appearance.
Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/April#28 April 2006, archive of Main Page appearance.
Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/May#28 May 2006, archive of Main Page appearance.

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