Siege of Groenlo (1597)
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Medieval European military campaign
| Siege of Groenlo (1597) | |||||||
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| Part of the Eighty Years' War | |||||||
Depiction of the siege of Grol by Maurice in 1597 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Dutch Republic United Provinces England England | Spain Spanish Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Dutch Republic Maurice of Nassau England Horace Vere | Spain Jan van Stirum | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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6,000 infantry 1,400 cavalry 14 artillery pieces[2] |
800 infantry 300 cavalry[2] | ||||||
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The siege of Groenlo was a siege of Groenlo during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War by a Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Nassau after it had followed an unsuccessful siege by Maurice in 1595.[3]
History
[edit ]The siege lasted from 11 to 28 September 1597 and ended in the town's capture from its Spanish garrison.[2]
After the capture the troops moved to take Bredevoort and formed part of Maurice's successful offensives against the Spanish in 1597.[1] [3]
Groenlo was then held by the States until a siege in 1606 by Ambrosio Spinola.
References
[edit ]Citations
[edit ]- ^ a b Knight, Charles Raleigh: Historical records of The Buffs, East Kent Regiment (3rd Foot) formerly designated the Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment. Vol I. London, Gale & Polden, 1905, p. 45
- ^ a b c Duyck, Athonie (1864). Journaal van Anthonis Duyck, Advokaat-Fiscaal van den Raad van State (1591-1602) (in Dutch). Arnhem/Den Haag: M.Nijhoff/D.A.Thieme. pp. 345–70.
- ^ a b van Nimwegen pp 165-66
Bibliography
[edit ]- Van Nimwegen, Olaf (2010). The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688. New York: Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-1-84383-575-2.
- Hart, Marjolein 't (2014). The Dutch Wars of Independence: Warfare and Commerce in the Netherlands 1570-1680 Modern Wars In Perspective. Routledge. ISBN 9781317812548.
Categories:
- Conflicts in 1597
- 1597 in the Dutch Republic
- 1597 in the Habsburg Netherlands
- 16th-century military history of the Kingdom of England
- 16th-century military history of Spain
- Eighty Years' War (1566–1609)
- Sieges of the Eighty Years' War
- Sieges involving the Dutch Republic
- Sieges involving England
- Sieges involving Spain
- Duchy of Guelders
- History of Oost Gelre