Encouraged by this success Brill Flush ain d g.

At last by a sudden assault the Sea-Beggars seized the town of Brill at the mouth of Capture of n the Maas (April I, 1572).

Within three months of the capture of Brill, Amsterdam was the only town in Holland in the hands of the Spaniards.

Brill & Co.

"The Brill" was one of the four Dutch towns handed over to Queen Elizabeth in 1584 as security for English expenses incurred in aiding the Dutch.