By England's Aid

Or,
Or, the Freeing of the Netherlands, 1585-1604

BY

G. A. HENTY







[Illustration: GEOFFREY AND LIONEL SAVE FRANCIS VERE'S LIFE]




PREFACE.


In my preface to _By Pike and Dyke_ I promised in a future story
to deal with the closing events of the War of Independence in Holland.
The period over which that war extended was so long, and the incidents
were so numerous and varied, that it was impossible to include the
whole within the limit of a single book. The former volume brought the
story of the struggle down to the death of the Prince of Orange and the
capture of Antwerp; the present gives the second phase of the war, when