Hilvarenbeekseweg

A-65 viaduct crossing the Hilvarenbeekseweg

In Tilburg Zuid, you could hear the rumble of artillery and urban skirmishes in Goirle. This morning we went out to take a look at the Elisabethziekenhuis (Elisabeth Hospital). Thank God the building was hardly damaged. Nonetheless the building got overcrowded. A nurse who stood outside, smoking a cigarette, complained about the Burgertroepen (paramilitary forces composed of civilians), that wanted prior medical attention instead of the civilians. He just couldn’t make any sense out of it. We offered him another cigarette.
From a window he was able to see Burgertroepen trying to blow up the viaduct to create a barricade. They got no further than half a lane, when suddenly they were attacked.