Siege of Groenlo (1597)

Siege of Groenlo (1597)
Part of the Eighty Years' War
Depiction of the siege of Grol by Maurice in 1597.
Date 11–28 September 1597 Location Groenlo, Gelderland (present-day the Netherlands) Result Dutch-English victory
Belligerents
United Provinces England	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Maurice of Nassau	Jan van Stirum
Strength
6,000 infantry 1,400 cavalry 14 artillery pieces	800 infantry 300 cavalry

For other sieges of the town, see Siege of Groenlo.

Prins Maurits van Oranje.

The fronts of the war c.1597.

Schematic map of the siege of Groenlo in 1597 (J.Blaeu).

The Siege of Groenlo was a siege of Groenlo by Dutch forces under Maurice of Nassau during the Eighty Years' War. It lasted from 11 to 28 September 1597 and ended in the town's capture from its Spanish garrison. After that the troops moved to Bredevoort. It followed an unsuccessful Dutch siege by Maurice in 1595 and formed part of Maurice's successful offensives against the Spanish in 1597. Groenlo was then held by the States until a siege in 1606 by Ambrosio Spinola.