 At the same time the Duke of Parma with his army which had been assembled for the invasion then stood his troops down.Parma instead turned and then marched through Brabant with the aim of taking Bergen op Zoom before winter set in.Parma sent a regiment under the Marquis of Burgau, with troops numbering 8,000 men under Count Mansfelt, the Prince of Ascoli, and the Duke of Pastrana, in advance to attempt the capture of the island of Tholen.