Breda Formation Formation. The Breda Formation can be a couple of meters to (in the Roerdal Graben) more than thick. The top is formed by an erosional nonconformity in the south and east of the Netherlands. In the west the contact with the Pliocene Oosterhout Formation is more gradual. In the Roerdal Graben the mostly Pliocene Kiezeloolite Formation is sometimes on top of the Breda Formation. Locally the Breda Formation can be subdivided into members: the Aalten Member (silty calcareous clay, rich in shells), the Eibergen Member (clay alternating with thin sand layers, with a basal conglomerate in which shark teeth and
Capture of Breda (1590) arrived at Willemstad, thirty kilometers from Breda. There they would have to wait for the warning of Heraugiere if all had gone well. On the 26th Heraugiere and their men embarked on van Bergen's boat; but he was too ill or overslept and thus sent his two nephews who would pilot the barge. Overcoming the Mark in the direction of Breda, they had to overcome the extreme cold of the Dutch winter, ice caused difficulties thus making navigation difficult which delayed the voyage by a number of days. By Saturday evening however they had reached Breda and were at the