Siege of Lingen

Wann

10. Aug. 1605 – 19. Aug. 1605

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Koordinaten

52.52° N, 7.32° E

Description

1605 siege

Siege during the Eighty Years' War

The siege of Lingen of 1605 took place between 10 August and 19 August 1605, at Lingen, District of Emsland, Lower Saxony, between Spain and the United Provinces, during the Eighty Years' War. Prince Maurice of Nassau tried to preserve Lingen at all costs. The Dutch garrison led by Captain Maerten Cobben, expecting to be aided by Maurice's army, held out for nine days, but were finally forced to surrender.

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