 While the royal governor-general and commander-in-chief Alexander Farnese further encircled Ghent, the fall of the Calvinist republic became inevitable.The Spanish conquered Sas van Gent in October and the Waasland in November.On 3 November, Parma bribed the starving English garrison (in Dutch rebel service) of Aalst into surrendering the city in exchange for food and overdue troop payments.