1585 Empel

1585 Empel

by Jaime Infante, Guillermo Pereira, Javier Marquina

Book 23 of Historia de España en viñetas

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La guerra de los Ochenta Años. Isla de Bommel. Diciembre de 1585. Más de cuatro mil soldados de los tercios de Mondragón, Íñiguez y Bobadilla se encuentran atrapados en un verdadero infierno. Un enorme contingente hacinado en una franja de tierra de escasos kilómetros junto a la ermita de Empel, rodeados de agua, barcos holandeses que los cañonean sin descanso y una humedad heladora. Todas las opciones para abrir una vía de escape y huir del asedio han fracasado, la comida escasea y la única alternativa es un ataque militar suicida que está condenado al fracaso. Pero un hallazgo tan improbable como prodigioso cambiará las tornas de una manera radical. La mañana del 8 de diciembre de 1585 será recordada como uno de los episodios más increíbles y sorprendentes de la historia de España. Un hecho que, por méritos propios, recibió el nombre de «el milagro de Empel». **English**: The Eighty Years' War. Bommel Island. December 1585. More than four thousand soldiers of the Mondragon, Iñiguez and Bobadilla thirds are trapped in a real hell. An enormous contingent crammed into a strip of land a few kilometres away next to the chapel of Empel, surrounded by water, Dutch ships that tirelessly cannonade them and freezing humidity. All options to open an escape route and escape the siege have failed, food is scarce and the only alternative is a military suicide attack that is doomed to failure. But a finding as unlikely as it is prodigious will turn the tide in a radical way. The morning of December 8, 1585 will be remembered as one of the most incredible and surprising episodes in the history of Spain. A fact that, by its own merits, received the name of "the miracle of Empel".

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