 Valenciennes ("Valencijn" on the map) was the most southerly town attacked.In the east, Maastricht on September 20 and Venlo on October 5 saw attacks, but generally the outbreaks were restricted to more westerly and northern areas.<ref>See map with dates in Petegree, 118; Arnade, 90–91</ref> Over 400 churches were attacked in Flanders alone.<ref>Eire, 280</ref>

The eye-witness Richard Clough, a Welsh Protestant merchant then in Antwerp, saw