Pirates, pirates everywhere! What could the Rebels do to stop the pirates and the Spanish from destroying their trade? Johan of Oldenbarnevelt revealed an ambitious and potentially disastrous plan. The Rebel army had to march deep into Spanish Netherlands territory and seize the pirate nests Dunkirk and Nieuwpoort.

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