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Battle of Warns

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The monument of the battle of Warns in Friesland. It says, in Frisian, "Better to be dead than a slave".

The Battle of Warns (Frisian: Slach by Warns, Dutch: Slag bij Warns) was a battle from the Frisian-Hollandic War between count Willem IV of Holland and the Frisians which took place on 26 September 1345. The annual commemoration of the battle is important for many nationalist Frisians.

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