Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom | |||||||
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Part of the Eighty Years' War | |||||||
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United Provinces England | Spain | ||||||
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Maurice of Nassau Peregrine Bertie | Duke of Parma |
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The first Siege of Bergen op Zoom were a series of three surprise attacks by the Duke of Parma lasting from September 23 till November 13, 1588. The Spanish army compromised almost 5.000 men. The short siege ended with the appearance of a Dutch army under Maurice of Nassau which cause the Spanish to flee. The Spanish lost 500 men to the garrison of Bergen op Zoom.
The original article can be found at Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1588) and the edit history here.