Siege of Groenlo (1595) | |||||||
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Part of the Dutch Revolt | |||||||
View of the siege of Groenlo in 1595. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Provinces England[1] | Spain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Maurice of Nassau Francis Vere |
Cristóbal de Mondragón (Spanish Tercios) Jan van Stirum (In Groenlo) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
6,000 infantry 200-300 cavalry 16 artillery pieces |
(Spanish Tercios) 7,000 infantry 1,300 cavalry (In Groenlo) 600 infantry |
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- For other sieges of the town, see Siege of Groenlo.
The Siege of Grol or Groenlo in 1595 was a siege of Groenlo by States forces under Maurice of Nassau during the Eighty Years' War in an attempt to capture it from the Spanish Empire. It lasted from 14 to 24 July 1595, ending with the arrival of a Spanish relief force under Cristóbal de Mondragón and Maurice's retreat. Two years later, in 1597, Maurice returned to carry out another Siege of Groenlo. Both these sieges formed part of what would later be called the Ten Years.
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- ↑ Motley, John Lothrop (1867). History of the United Netherlands from the death of William the silent to the Synod of Dort, with a full view of the English-Dutch struggle against Spain, and of the origin and destruction of the Spanish armada. W. Clowes and Sons, pp. 338-340
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