Battle of Haarlemmermeer

Battle of Haarlemmermeer
	Part of the Eighty Years' War
	; Battle of Haarlemmermeer circa 1621 by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, oil on canvas. Rijksmuseum.
Date	26 May 1573
Location	Haarlemmermeer; (present-day the Netherlands)
Result	Spanish victory
Belligerents
Dutch Rebels	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Martin Brand	Count of Bossu
Strength
150 warships	100 warships
Casualties and losses
21 ships captured	Low

52°22′33.43″N 4°40′59.09″E / 52.3759528°N 4.6830806°E / 52.3759528; 4.6830806

The Battle of Haarlemmermeer was a naval engagement fought on May 26, 1573, during the Dutch War of Independence. It was fought on the waters of the Haarlemmermeer – a large lake which at the time was a prominent feature of north Holland (it would be drained in the 19th Century).

A Spanish fleet, commanded by the count of Bossu, fought a Dutch fleet of rebellious Sea Beggars, commanded by Marinus Brandt, who were trying to break the Siege of Haarlem. After several hours of fight, The Sea Beggars were forced to retreat.

Citations and notes[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Fernández Duro p. 274
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Harbottle p.104

References[]

Fernández Duro, Cesáreo (1895). Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón. II. Madrid, Spain: Est. tipográfico "Sucesores de Rivadeneyra".
Harbottle, Thomas Benfield (2009). Dictionary of Battles from the Earliest Date to the Present Time. BiblioBazaar, LLC. ISBN 978-1-110-05778-8.

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[Duro274-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Fernández Duro p. 274

[Harbottle-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Harbottle p.104

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