Portal:Belgium/Did you know/8


 * ...that the Army of Flanders (Siege of Breda (1624) pictured) was the longest standing army in early modern history, operating from 1567 to 1706?
 * ...that, during half a millennium, the Croÿ family produced two cardinals, seven bishops, nine field marshals, twenty generals, and thirty two knights of the Order of the Golden Fleece?
 * ...that Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) cemetery in Belgium was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and contains the grave of the playwright Alan Bennett's uncle?

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 * 1) Recent additions/2009/December, archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions/2006/April, archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent additions/2006/May, archive of Main Page appearance.