Unfortunately , soon after the first dikes were broken , the Prince of Orange came down with a violent fever .
As he was the moving force in all these machinations , the planned relief of the besieged city came to a grinding halt .
Unfortunately , soon after the first dikes were broken , the Prince of Orange came down with a violent fever and as he was the moving force in all these machinations , the planned relief of the besieged city came to a grinding halt .