Siege of Groenlo (1597) | |||||||
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Part of the Eighty Years' War | |||||||
Depiction of the siege of Grol by Maurice in 1597 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United Provinces England | Spanish Empire | ||||||
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] | ||||||
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.