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)52°3′0.00″N 6°37′0.01″E / 52.0500000°N 6.6166694°E / 52.0500000; 6.6166694
Result	Dutch-English victory
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	800 infantry ; 300 cavalry
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Netherlands Siege of Groenlo (1597) (North Sea)

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]

History

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.

^ a b 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
^ a b c Duyck, Athonie (1864). Journaal van Anthonis Duyck, Advokaat-Fiscaal van den Raad van State (1591-1602) (in Dutch). Arnhem/Den Haag: M.Nijhoff/D.A.Thieme. pp. 345–70.
^ a b van Nimwegen pp 165-66

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.