Leatherface
by Emma Orczy
This story takes place during the Spanish occupation of the Netherlands in the 1570s and tells about the Battle of Ghent... "Two hours before dawn on this hot night in early September wasn't enough. The crescent had long since sunk beyond the shores of the clouds in the west, and not a single sound stirred the lowland soil around the besieged city. To the south, one by one, the Bivouac fires of alva's camp were extinguished, and here their restrained backs against the sentries being beaten alone broke the silence of the night. There was an even greater silence in the north, where the valiant Orange, along with a handful of undisciplined, free, and rebellious people, tried in vain to provoke his powerful enemy into a fierce war and relied on God for the outcome. "
