Editing Siege of Bergen op Zoom

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{{Battle Infobox
|prev = [[Siege of Louisbourg (1745)|Siege of Louisbourg]]
|next = [[1751 Port-au-Prince earthquake]]
|image = ACIColdstreams.jpg
|date = 14 July – 25 September 1747
|conflict = [[War of the Austrian Succession]]
|place = {{Wiki|Bergen op Zoom}}, [[Netherlands|Dutch Republic]]
|result = French victory
|side1 = [[Netherlands|Dutch Republic]]<br>[[United Kingdom|Great Britain]]
|side2 = [[France]]
|commanders1 = {{Wiki|Isaac Cronström}}<br>[[Edward Braddock]]
|commanders2 = {{Wiki|Ulrich Friedrich Woldemar von Löwendal|Count Löwendal}}
|forces1 = ~10,000<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1747)}}</ref>
|forces2 = ~30,000–35,000<ref name="Wiki"/>
|casual1 = 5,000–6,000<ref name="Wiki"/>
|casual2 = 10,000–20,000<ref name="Wiki"/>
}}
The '''Siege of Bergen op Zoom''' was an attack by the [[French Army]] on the fortified city of {{Wiki|Bergen op Zoom}} in the [[Netherlands|Dutch Republic]] during the [[War of the Austrian Succession]]. The fortress was defended by Dutch, [[Austria]]n, [[United Kingdom|British]], and [[Germany|German]] forces that supported the {{Wiki|Pragmatic Sanction of 1713|Pragmatic Sanction}}, who were ultimately defeated after seventy days of brutal siege. The British garrison, deeming Bergen op Zoom lost, evacuated the city, allowing it to be sacked by the French.<ref name="Wiki"/>

The British lieutenant-colonel [[Edward Braddock]] commanded the {{Wiki|Coldstream Guards}} during the siege and enlisted the help of fellow [[Templars|Templar]] [[Haytham Kenway]] to defend the fortress.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]'' – 17 July 1747</ref> Following the French's victory, Braddock and Haytham escaped from the besieged city on [[ship]]s; as they did so, a man asked for passage for himself and his family, but Braddock coldly refused. When the man called him craven, Braddock responded by ordering the entire family's execution, an act which appalled Haytham.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]'' – 7 June 1753</ref>

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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Forsaken]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' {{Mdat}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' {{Mo}}

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