Fact o' the day
From the consistently informative Radio Netherlands site:
"During the Eighty Years' War (The Dutch Revolt 1568-1648) more Spanish soldiers died of syphilis than in battle".
Presumably they did not die with their boots on.
"During the Eighty Years' War (The Dutch Revolt 1568-1648) more Spanish soldiers died of syphilis than in battle".
Presumably they did not die with their boots on.
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