Eigentliche Contrafatung, Einer Weiss Person in Braunswig, welche under Andere so manlich in der Belegerung...: mit namen, Drincken Keberse, In Brunswig, Birthg. trer Alter 34 Jar. welche hernach, In Fridens zeitt der herzog. Jr. ein stattlich present Gethan, wegen trer mnalich keitt des gleichen der herzog von Limenburg, Jr. auch ein gutte vorerung Gethan hat nie kem mangechatt
One of a collection of illustrations of Austrian soldiers. Woman holding rifle; tents, gabions and cannons in background facing distant town. One of a collection of illustrations of Austrian soldiers. Woman holding rifle; tents, gabions and cannons in background facing distant town. Upright; margins trimmed close. Geshe Meiburg became known by the fact that at the heaviest siege in the history of the city of Brunswick by the troops of Duke Friedrich Ulrichs of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, in the early morning of 14 September 1615, together with several other Brunswick women, she actively participated in the fight against the besiegers and thus helped advance the city to preserve the conquest.
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