Talk:Siege of Leiden

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Although Dutch "zoet water" translates to "fresh water", the translation of Zoetermeer is not "fresh water lake". It is "southern lake" (just like the place name Zoeterwoude means "southern woods"). Both are named after their geographical relation to Leiden. I'm changing the text so that it now reads: ... a large inland lake called the Zoetermeer (southern lake). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adoginacar (talk • contribs) 00:28, 3 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Seems roughly written with many extremely short sentences. Suggests that the writer or writers are not very proficient in English. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.172.182.3 (talk) 22:37, 7 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV

Quite a pro-Dutch bias. Black Legend. Haarlem citizens were not massacred after successful spanish siege. Don Fabrique respected the terms of surrender. --Isidoros47 (talk) 16:02, 25 March 2011 (UTC)stch and burned. Removed the reference to Haarlem and NPOV tag. Arnoutf (talk) 17:56, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Groenedijk Monument

== Groenedijk Monument == --Noahverel97 (talk) 22:02, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Concerning the breaking of several dykes as a measure to stop the Spanish siege, there is a monument in Capelle aan den IJssel which shows where one of these dykes was destroyed. I am planning to write a new article on this monument and would like to add the Groenedijk Monument to article. Be aware of the fact that the article of the Groenedijk Monument does not yet exist but will be created in the very near future.

Reference to Anglo-Spanish War

I think there is no reason to describe this siege as part of the Anglo-Spanish War. The English didn't have anything to do with the siege or the lifting of the siege. And the page on the Anglo-Spanish War says that it started in 1585, 11 years after the Siege of Leiden ended. This siege is part of the Eighty Years' War, that's all as far as I'm concerned. Noordertouw (talk) 16:55, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]