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[1]
Belligerents
United Provinces England	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Maurice of Nassau Horace Vere	Jan van Stirum
Strength
6,000 infantry 1,400 cavalry 14 artillery pieces[2]	800 infantry 300 cavalry[2]

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

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]

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

Citations

1. 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
2. Duyck, Athonie (1864). Journaal van Anthonis Duyck, Advokaat-Fiscaal van den Raad van State (1591-1602). Arnhem/Den Haag: M.Nijhoff/D.A.Thieme. pp. 345–70. External link in |title= (help) (Dutch)
3. van Nimwegen pp 165-66

Bibliography

• 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.